The Thunderbird, Volume 80, Number 4 1981 Summer

1 International Terrorism
T-Bird Kenneth J. Miller, '49, and others discuss the wave of
terrorism hitting multinational corporations
5 Special Report
T-Bird Rak Hun Choi, '75, and others eye Japanese Quality
Control Circles
6 News
Busy professors of AGSIM; a world of students
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Que Pasa
Update
What T-Birds are doing where
20 Focus on the Pub
AGSIM's Pub to celebrate its 10th anniversary
THE THUnDERBIRD
Volume 80, No.4
Quarterly magazine of the Alumni Office
of the American Graduate School of International Management,
Glendale, Ariz. 85306.
Director and Publisher:
Editor:
Special Correspondent:
Staff:
Photographers:
Graphic Design:
Front Cover:
Editor's Note:
Thomas R. Bria
K. Jean Gilbert Hawkins
AIIlch
Catherine Benoit, Jan Burlingham, Donna
Cleland, Steve L. Hawkins, Kathleen
MacDonnell, Mary Motz, Terry Delaney,
Sonya Varea and Gregory Whitehorn
Daniel Paseiro, Rene D. Pfalzgraf
Pat Kenny, Gray Day Graphics, Phoenix,
Ariz.
AGSIM's new classroom building, photos by
the Producers, Inc.
The domestic and international list of contacts (resource persons and Alumni
Association representatives) will appear in the next issue of "The Thunderbird." Until
then, the names of these alumni are available from the Alumni Office.
Slides on AGSIM
AT-Bird Presentation
You hear music, foreign languages,
laughter. Then you see faces - some
familiar, others worldly.
Sights and sounds of the American
Graduate School of International
Management woven together into a
quick and colorful slide presentation
by Judi Victor and her crew from The
Producers, Inc., of Phoenix.
There are three slide shows available
- a general themed one, one dealing
with student recruitment and the third
for alumni. The general presentation
is available from Sonia Thurmond
in Communications; however, for
alumni interested in showing the
alumni slides to a T-Bird gathering, Tom
Bria, Alumni director, should be con­tacted.
Thurmond suggests persons in­terested
in reserving the seven-minute
alumni slide show for a group presenta­tion
should allow plenty of time for
the slides to be sent, as well plan on
insuring the slides. The package will
come with carousel and tape, but
Thurmond says the group should re­serve
a Singer Caramate 3200 in their
area because a projector doesn't
come with the package.
"It's a great introduction to alumni
who haven't visited campus lately,"
enthused Bria.
As the slide presentation shows, the
Thunderbird mystique has come a
long way.
International Terrorism:
The Way of the World?
By K. Jean Gilbert Hawkins
Editor's Note: Terrorism now touches
everyone - not just the hostages'
families and friends while their loved
ones were being held in Iran, but a
world when the President of the United
States is shot. And the American
Graduate School of International
Management, when one of our T-Birds
is kidnapped in Guatemala. (See story
on Clifford N. Bevens, '50, page 3.)
Terrorists spell fear for intefnational
executives, their families and their em­ployers.
Terrorists threaten a system.
Terrorists are willing (and often eager)
to kill for the mere impact on society.
"Multinational corporations indeed
seem to provide the ideal targets for
terrorists for three main reasons/'
explains Ken~eth J. Miller, '49, in his
paper "Terrorism and the Multination­al,"
for the MIBS program, College
of Business Administration at the
University of South Carolina.
One, he claims, is the bad publicity
given to the multinationals on the part
of Communist and 'non-aligned' gov­ernments,
left-wing political parties,
'public interest' groups, and even
certain elements in the church, which
serve to encourage terrorists to attack
them. Two, the vulnerability of multi­nationals
to terrorist attacks since
these do not normally possess the
coercive or security apparatus at the
disposal of governments. And, three,
because MNCs are most likely to give­in
to terrorist demands since they
are not subject to the same political
pressures as other centralized social
institutions, according to Miller.
While this T-Bird states in his paper
there isn't a clear definition of terrorism,
other writers have attempted to define
terrorism by means of comparing such
action to other kinds of subversion.
Author L. Hazleton in Harpers maga­zine
writes: "It is still true that 'by their
actions you shall know them.' Those
who take civilians hostage and kill
or threaten to kill them are neither
guerrillas nor commandos, but terror­ists.
Those who place bombs in market­places
are terrorists. Those who batter
children to death are terrorists."
Hazleton recites the maxim "he is a
terrorist, you are a guerrilla, I am a
freedom frighter." And Miller adds:
"It might even be said that one man's
terrorist is another man's patriot."
For example, in many eyes, the Iran­ians
who took the Americans hostage
at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and
threatened them, would be considered
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terrorists by this definition. Yet by
their fellow countrymen they are also
pEobablYJ:u!1:Ied as patriots.
This is not just an example of terror­ism,
but of what is considered "third
country terrorism." According to Miller,
such terrorism is an incident which
occurs in one country, aimed at a second
country by a group of terrorists from
a third country.
Who Are They?
...... I<>'w that terrorism has been defined,
one wonders who are these so-called
terrorists doing the terrorizing? Do
they belong to a specific geographic
area of the world; are they all grouped
into an elite brother- and sisterhood?
According to the April '80 issue of
USA Today, it is estimated that "the
world has about 3,000 terrorists
grouped into about 50 organizations
. . . There may be an equal number
of supporter;s. Four or five groups
amounting to about 200 terrorists -
Germans, Italians, Palestinians and
Japanese - constitute the primary
transnational threat, but they are the tip
of the iceberg, the action corps. The
200 have trained together in Cuba,
Lebanon, Libya and North Korea. Their
weapons are supplied by communist
bloc countries, particularly Czech­oslovakja.
Most frightening of all, they
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have lost their political identity, hav­in
become increasingly nihilistic. One
heed only scratch the surface of their
espoused Marxism t() find their tTl,le
purpose: destruction ()f the establish­ment,
whatever government is in
power ... "
The New York Times Magazine from
Nov. 2, 1980, corroborates this find­ing:
It has been "suggested that the
Soviet Union has notably increased
its support for one national liberation
movement, the P.L.O., which has be­come
a coordinator of many interna­tional
terrorist groups as well as a
revolutionary vanguard in the Middle
East."
There are differing philosophies
about the Soviets' involvement in
terrorism, some positive, others nega­tive.
One interesting opinion was
offered by C. Horner in the June '80
issue of Commentary:
"Soviet help in bringing them (the
world's terrorist organizations) to a
higher state of development and matur­ity
will surely be welcomed by some
as the way to restrain terrorism. One
may have to pay the price for securing
Soviet cooperation, of course, but that
price may come to be seen as far
lower than the price of dealing with
individual and small groups lacking
in discipline. Indeed, one feels that this
is what the Soviets hope and expect,
which is why they may have gotten
into the business in the first place."
As it is now, the Central Intelligence
Agency released statistics to the U.S.
News & World Report last June, and
called the high death toll "especially
aiarmir).g.'''Wllile the numbers were for
1979, the totals were, nevertheless,
chilling: Western Europe was the loca­tion
of the most de-aths (1,267) by
terrorist attacl(j Lati.B America was
second, with 861 deaths; North Africa!
Mideast, 531; Nmth America, 318;
Sub-Saharan Africa, 124; Asia, 197;
O<;eania (Australia and New Zealand),
19; and last was the U.S.S.R. and
EaStern Europe with only 15 deaths.
Th-e CIA reporf concluded: "Repre­sentatives
of affluent countries, par­ticularly
government officials and
business executives, will remain at­tractive
targetS, Western Europe, Latin
America and the Middle East again are
likely to be the main trouble spots.
Americans and U.S. property will con­tinue
to be attacked 'On occasion, al­though
improvements in U.S. official
and corporate security should deter
m~lt'\y.potential attacks by small bands."
then
deter the terrorists'
att:acl:s becomes paramount to the na­tional
government's as well as multi­national
corporations' security.
The United States has an anti­terrorism
program, outlined by Ambas­sador
Anthony C.E. Quainton, direc­tor
af the Office for Combatting
Terrorism: "Here in the U.S. since
1972 we have had an active program
of counter-terrorism ... at the heart
of our policy is the commitment to
oppose terrorist blackmail. We will
not pay ransom. We care, of course, .
about the lives which are at stake in a
particular incident. But we also must
care about the future risk to others.
"It is not, however, sufficient to have
a vigorous policy. It must be backed
up by concrete actions. We must have
good intelligence; we must have sound
physical securitYi we must have the
ability to respond quickly and ef­fectively
in a crisis," Quainton con­tinued
.
"We have learned," he added, "not
to be complacent. Even with good
intelligence and solid security, the
terrorists will sometimes succeed. We
must be ready when they do. Effective
contingency planning and crisis
management are essential."
T-Bird Kenneth J. Miller has sug­gested
an outline for crisis manage­ment
for MNCs, but, first, one must
understand and be aware of criteria
which make eitl:ter a government of-
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fidal or a corporate executive ripe for
selediull by the terrorist or criminal
kidnapper.
Miller believes there are "generally
six very logical criteria, most if not all,
designed to procure the greatest gain at
the least risk" - accessibility, prestige,
visibility, financial, family honds and
health.
A predictable routine or lifestyle
makes a victim accessible and an
"easy" target for a terrorist, Miller
explains. If the victim is from a presti­gious
company and/or community, he
will be useful to the terrorists' plotting,
considering the propaganda value. If
the corporation and/or executive-victim
are visible entities in the local or inter­national
community, then that would
make the terrorists' action more justi­fiable,
to evoke an outcry from the
public - which is the goal of the ter­rorist.
If the company and or individual
is wealthy enough to pay a ransom,
so much the better for the terrorists
who can always use money to support
their cause. If family bonds are close,
the members may be able to exert
pressure on the company to get the
victim back, at any cost. Finally, ironi­cally
in the eyes of the terrorists, the
victim must be a healthy specimen so
as not to impose any inconveniences
upon his captors, Miller says.
Crisis Management
prevent a "perfect fit" with these
teria, Miller has devised a crisis
management plan, divided into three
phases: pre-event, crisis handling and
post event.
Miller divides the pre-event crisis
management phase into four major
focal points: intelligence gathering,
threat analysis, precautionary measures
and personal dossiers.
In order for the multinational cor­poration
to protect itself and its execu­tives
against the danger of kidnapping
and/or extortion, Miller advises the
executives to be aware of what terrorist
groups work within a particular coun­try,
how they operate and what type
of terrorist activity is popular. Analyze
the exposure of the company to the
threat of violence - are the executives
required to maintain a high public
profile, does the company pollute the
environmenl? Miller suggests that com­pany
employees take precautionary
measures such as avoiding routine
behavior patterns in order to thwart
a terrorist attack. Company employees
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
also must acquaint the company with
thf>ir personal histories, such as medi­cal
background, nicknames, military
experience, hobbies, social activities.
Some individuals go to great expense
in order to avoid a terrorist attack,
according to an article in World Press
Review excerpted from "Le Matin" of
Paris: "Recruits (with Saladin Security,
Ltd., in London) must learn the history
of international terrorism - both
criminal, like that of the Mafia, and
political - and to know all about the
major terrorist organizations, their
methods and their preferred areas of
action. Their job is to keep our clients
from being killed; that is more impor­tant
than capturing or killing the
terrorists," reports Rolo Watts of Sala­din
Security.
Automobiles become "fortresses on
wheels, equipped with bullet- and
grenade-proof armor, unbreakable
windows, fireproof gas tanks, bullet­proof
tires, radar, electronic sensors
to detect tampering and automatic
locking systems for doors and win­dows."
The cost for such vehicles ranges
from $150,000 to $250,000; a Saladin
bodyguard costs $600 per 24 hours,
but the price increases for specific
people and situations. The article
T-Bird Kidnapped
in Guatemala
"We feel sure you understand that
because of the delicate situation in
Guatemala, we are not making any
comment on this kidnapping. However,
we have confirmed to the press that
Cliff Bevens ('50) was kidnapped from
his home on December 7. Beyond that,
we have refused to provide any in­formation.
"We have promised to advise the
many people who have requested infor­mation
details of Cliff Bevens' release
when it is known. We are hopeful
this problem will be satisfactorily
resolved."
Trevor C. Hoskins
Director, Public Relations
Goodyear International Corporation
EDITOR'S NOTE: Clifford N.
Bevens, '50, U.S. manager of the Good­year
Tire & Rubber Co.'s Guatemalan
subsidiary was kidnapped Dec. 7,
1980. At press time, we had no further
information about this situation.
makes it very clear that such services
are definitely for millionaires only.
Prevention IS a good step tow.uJ
stopping a terrorist group, but what
does the company do, once a kidnap­ping
has occurred; and what does the
victim do to prevent minimal physical
harm?
D Captivity
sychiatrists have outlined fairly
standard stages of hostage reactions
during captivity," according to an
article in the May 17, 1980, issue of
"Science News." "After the initial shock,
disbelief and denial give way to reality,
(when the victim may become hyster­ical),
then a form of traumatic depres­sion
(often called the 'I am stupid' phase)
characterized by apathy or rage and
other symptoms such as insomnia.
Somewhere along the line, the victim
may come to identify with the captor
to make feelings of fear and dependency
less frightening."
Meanwhile the terrorists are probably
negotiating with a company or with
the world in general, recalls Diane .
Cole, who was one of 135 persons
seized by the Hanafi Muslims in their
armed take-over of three Washington,
D.C., buildings in March 1977:
"Terrorists are like pirates. They
hold their prisoners for ransom, while
they barter with the world and the
world's conscience. Make no mistake
about it - they trade in lives. Once
you are seized, you are no longer a
person, only a body. Your value lies
in the fact that you breathe - and
therefore may be killed."
Corporations realize that fact, ac­cording
to Miller, who again outlines
three focal points to utilize during the
crisis handling portion of a terrorist
attack. He cautions that the primary
objective is to get the executive-victim
back alive and to avoid a panic situa­tion.
He suggests, one, an action plan
which pre-determines who will be in
charge and who will be contacted.
Second, Miller lists the importance
of a crisis team, limited in number and
coordinated by a team leader. External
assistance will be essential, Miller
emphasizes his third point by stating,
"you will need all the help and support
you can get, and this needs to be set
up in advance."
If all goes well, once the victim is
returned safely, there is still work to
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be done, according to Miller's prescribed
post event handling of a terrorist
attack.
First, the victim will go through a
debriefing session because the authori­ties
will want to know as much about
the captors as possible for future refer­ence.
Then, second, it must be deter­mined
whether the victim has suffered
medically or psychologically. Third,
the company will decide whether the
employee should be reassigned his or
her same position in the same country.
And, fourth, there will be many liabil­ity
questions to be answered such as
how the stockholders and the family
react to this situation.
Miller, who recently retired as the
operations manager, international
division, for Sears, Roebuck & Co., and
either visited or lived in several coun­tries,
concludes by reminding corpor­ate
employees:
"There is no guarantee at all against
kidnapping/extortion, unless one is
content to live indoors, 24 hours per
day, with bodyguards and electronic
protection devices. Nevertheless, it is
possible to make yourself a 'hard'
target compared to the executive of
another company ...
"Keep a low profile, be completely
unobtrusive," he advises, "be unpre­dictable,
AND STAY ALIVE AND
FREE!!"
Preventing ... Or Surviving a Kidnapping
Two films were shown in the AGSIM
Auditorium in conjunction with the
Speakers Committees program on
international terrorism during the
spring semester. One 2S-minute film
was entitled "Kidnapped Executive­Style"
and the other, of similar
duration, suggested ways to survive a
hostage situation.
Three hypothetical situations were
described in the first film - one man
was abducted at a roadblock; an execu­tive
was tricked by a woman alongside
her disabled vehicle which had been
parked along the route he routinely
drove to work; another banker, who
had not heeded threatening letters, was
kidnapped by the letter writer as the
banker entered his chauffeur-driven
limosine.
• The first situation, which ended
in death for the businessman, pointed
out the importance of going along with
the potential captors under the circum­stances
rather than bolting for freedom.
• In the second incident, the execu­tive
should have avoided a fixed route
to work and picking up a hitchhiker.
However, this person survived the
kidnap because he kept his cool. When
calling his employers to arrange for
ransom money, he used a code pre­arranged
by his company. If a corpora­tion
has established a policy when
dealing with terrorists, the employees
should be well-aware of such policies
and procedures.
• "Nutty" letters are often written
by mentally and emotionally disturbed
persons and should be turned over to
experts by the recipients of such
mail. The banker in the third example
didn't do this, but was lucky to survive
by overpowering the crackpot, with
the help of his chauffeur. Letters of such
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a nature, according to the film, can be
traced by postal zones. This fact could
aid the investigation of kidnap or other
wild threats.
The second film focused on an
executive who was held hostage. The
security at his company had requested
its employees to report their habits
and usual routes taken to work so the
security staff could protect them. The
executive had failed to remember his
practice of stopping to buy fresh vege­tables
at a small farm house in the
spring. His captors, however, were
aware of this habit - and kidnapped
him as he was returning with his
purchases to his sports car.
The executive's wife, who knew her
husband's habits, notified security
when he failed to return for dinner.
Meanwhile, he was being transported
by car to an unknown location. Al­though
he was understandably fright­ened,
the executive reported trying
to remain as observant as possible. He
felt anger, frustration and fear during
this first stage of the kidnapping. He
realized that his captors knew his life­style
so he tried to guess what they
would do with him, what they wanted
from his company or his country.
The man also remembered the sug­gestion
to attempt to establish a rapport
with the kidnappers. However, he was
placed in a stuffy attic of a vacant home
by himself. At this stage he felt hope­less,
dependent and alone for he had
no contact with the outside world,
not even with the captors. He tried
to remain calm, to listen for familiar
or unfamiliar sounds and to tell time.
While he was held in the attic, he
determined that he would try to sur­vive
the situation, to set goals and to
learn as much as he could about his
captors.
He was later taken to another loca­tion,
a "cage" in a basement. There
he at least was in contact with the
people holding him hostage. He re­membered
the advice to treat the
woman kidnapper like one of the men.
He asked his guards questions about
themselves but avoided controversial
topics such as politics, etc.
During this stage, he became deter­mined
to work on his mental and
physical condition. His food was ter­rible,
but he decided to eat what he
could; he also developed an exercise
routine. For his mental stability, he
tried to avoid thinking about emotional
subjects, such as his family, and con­centrated
on keeping track of time and
worked out a daily routine, including
cleaning his "cage." He would discuss
some topics with his captors, he asked
for a pen and paper. He mentally in­vented
a new product, developed mar­keting
strategies - all to avoid
boredom.
The hostage realized that his com­pany
didn't give out Purple Heart
awards for courage so he didn't try
to be a hero and attempt an escape.
However, after about five weeks in
captivity he began to feel anger toward
the outside world; he wondered why
no one had attempted to rescue him,
why he had no word from his family .
Just at this stage he was yanked
mysteriously from his "cage" and
thrown into the captors' car and they
raced off to an unknown destination.
The kidnappers eventually ran into a
police roadblock and immediately
dashed from the car, leaving the
executive blindfolded and tied - but
free - in the backseat of the auto­mobile.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Japanese Quality Circles: Will They Work in U.S.?
By Al Ilch
AMA Staff
During the post World War II era,
the label "Made in Japan" usually
denoted an inferior, shoddy product. In
a relatively short time, however,
Japanese products have become univer­sally
respected for their high quality
and competitive prices. US. business,
as it now struggles to combat an
alarming decline in productivity and
product quality, must contemplate why
Japan has been so successful and what
the US. can learn from the Japanese.
The seeds of Japan's success with
quality control were planted during the
reconstruction period following World
War II. Ironically, it was two Ameri­can
quality control experts, Dr. J .M.
Juran and Dr. W.E. Deming, who intro­duced
modern quality control tech­niques
to the Japanese. A quality
control prize, named after Deming, is
now one of the most prestigious
awards in Japanese industry.
As Japan was investigating ways
of improving its quality control meth­ods,
the concept of Quality Circles
emerged.
A Quality Circle, which encourages
workers to participate in the manage­ment
process, is a group of up to 10
employees from the same work area
who meet each week to find solutions
to work related problems. In a paper
presented to an American Management
Associations/International program
on Japanese quality control techniques,
John Mihalasky reported that the
Circles focus not only on quality prob­lems
but also deal with" ... problems
of productivity, housekeeping, product
safety and training."
Mihalasky, professor of Industrial
Engineering at New Jersey Institute of
Technology, points out that "most of
the work is done on the member's own
time, at home or in the plant, although
some companies provide and pay for
one to two hours per month." Solutions
to problems are presented to the ap­propriate
management level for imple­mentation.
If a suggestion is accepted,
an award - often money, a vacation or
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excursion - is presented to the whole
group.
Can Quality Circles work in the
US.? A major difference between
American and Japanese industrialists
is that Americans worry about the cost
of quality while the Japanese believe
that quality is an income producer in
the long run. US. businesses are often
concerned with fast profits, while
Japanese firms are more interested in
the long range benefits of solidifying
their market position.
One reason for the differences is
that many Japanese companies are
owned by banks, not shareholders. The
banks in Japan, according to a recent
TIME magazine article, " ... are less
interested in short-range dividend in­creases
than in seeing their firms' profits
reinvested to ensure future growth."
Despite the many differences in cul­ture
and business philosophy between
Japan and the US., many experts believe
the Quality Circle concept can catch
on in the US. One such expert is
AGSIM graduate Rak Hun Choi, '75,
director of the Technology Transfer
Institute in New York. Choi feels
Americans are becoming increasingly
interested in the concept. TTl, which
facilitates the transfer of technology
among nations, has been running
monthly study missions to Japan to
learn about Quality Circles and other
Japanese business techniques. An
average of 20 representatives of major
US. corporations sign up for each trip.
Choi says such companies as West­inghouse,
Lockheed, IBM, TRW and
Hewlett-Packard are using Quality
Circles. He believes the concept, with
modifications for cultural differences,
have universal application because
"People are people all over the world.
They should be treated as people and
not as machines." By integrating
previously proven successful business
methods with fresh ideas, such as the
Quality Circle concept, from abroad,
the US. may well begin to reverse the
trend of declining productivity and
product quality.
Dr. John Mihalasky and Rak Hun
Choi are among several experts who
have been important participants in the
popular AMA/International courses
on Japanese Quality Control and
Quality Circles. The next program is
scheduled for Chicago, August 4-5.
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Techniques in U.S. Industry.
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Expert Proposes Terrorism
Prevention
Saba Shabtai, the author of "Five
Minutes to Midnight" who spoke to
about 100 individuals in February as
part of the Speakers Committee's pro­gram
on terrorism, claimed that many
times a terrorist's act can trigger a
reaction that is far more consequential
to our lives than the initial action. (See
lead article, page 2.)
For example, Shabtai who was born
in Israel, said the western world has lost
four democracies in one decade as an
indirect result of terrorism. Those
countries he listed were Uruguay,
Argentina, Lebanon and Turkey.
He explained there are two schools of
thought about international terrorism:
one school, he said, "tends to maximize
the significance of danger and the
threat of international terrorism." The
second school of thought, he con­tinued,
"says all this is rubbish ...
nothing more than a mosquito bite."
Those belonging to the second school,
he said, compare the number of deaths
by terrorist action to the number of
homicides and conclude there is no
comparison.
However, Shabtai noted, according
to the first school of thought, from
1968 to 1980 there has been a "2,000
percent increase of the number of
people killed as a result of international
terrorism." They then conclude by that
statistic that international terrorism is
a major threat.
Shabtai, who said he subscribes to
neither school of thought, however, re­marked
"the media is biased vis a vis
terrorist stories ... the media acts as
a selective magnifying glass."
Despite that belief, about the media's
reaction to a terrorist action, the
speaker said terrorism should be taken
seriously for what it signifies: The loss
of freedom, when the military over­reacts
to a situation; a tightening of
world oil distribution, when U.S.
hostages were seized in Iran and when
Iran and Iraq went to war.
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Saba Shabtai
He said he is afraid that sooner or
later the terrorists will have the power
of mass destruction because they could
steal from or take over a nuclear plant.
Shabtai emphasized his fear is not one
of being destroyed as a result of their
ability to commandeer a nuclear power
plant- but of the psychological re­action
to such an action.
He said he fears that as a result of the
reaction to such a terrorist nuclear
threat, the people of a particular
country will give power to the military
of that country in a psychological
attempt to guarantee safety within
their boundaries.
To prevent this reaction, Shabtai
proposed four ways to cope with inter­national
terrorism in the '80s; "Four
things which must be done concur­rently
if we are to eliminate or mini­mize
the problem of international
terrorism in the 1980s," he said.
His suggestions: One, educate the
American public of what terrorism is
and what can be done to combat it.
He cautions, a country "can't always
buy its way out, sometimes it has to
sacrifice, to suffer casualties, it can't
always fight with yellow ribbons."
Two, he says, "We must have effective
intelligence services to pre-empt acts of
terrorism before they take place ...
intelligence needs to be developed now,
while there is no panic with the
legislature ... "
His third suggestion was the "U.S.
must develop a highly effective-pro­fessional
almost - counter-terrorist
force." And fourth, he said there must
be more cooperation between our
allies, the democratic members of the
United Nations.
A World of Students
Two-hundred-seventy-one students
from 58 countries attended the spring
semester at the American Graduate
School of International Management.
The country with the most students
representing their home-land was
Japan; 39 T-Birds this spring semester
were from Japan. There were 22 stu­dents
here from the Netherlands.
From those high numbers, the next
country most popularly represented
was France with 13 T-Birds attending
the spring semester. An even dozen
came from each of India, Norway and
Venezuela. Eleven students represented
Mexico and 10 students came from
Brazil.
Taiwan (the Republic of China) and
Korea both are represented by nine
students. There are eight students here
from Canada and seven students from
both the Philippines and Spain. Six
students are from Hong Kong while
five students each came from Colombia,
Peru and Sweden.
The People's Republic of China,
Malaysia, the Ivory Coast and the
United Kingdom all sent four students
each to represent their countries.
Seven countries are represented
by three AGSIM students each: Egypt,
Finland, Honduras, Iran, Nicaragua,
Pakistan and Turkey. A pair of stu­dents
came from each of these coun­tries:
Argentina, Austria, Bolivia,
Burma, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon,
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and
Zaire.
One adventurous person came from
each of these following countries, to
enroll at AGSIM: Bangladesh, Belgium,
Ecuador, Gabon, Federal Republic of
Germany, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel,
liberia, Libya, Morocco, Panama,
Paraguay, Portugal, Singapore, Uru­guay,
Vietnam and Yugoslavia.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Expert Discusses
Technology Transfer
The chairman of the Department of
Political Science at the University of
New Orleans spoke this spring to about
50 individuals in the AGSIM auditor­ium
about appropriate technologies.
"The transfer of technology has
become an emotional and political
issue," said Dr. Werner Feld, who is
the author of many books including
the most recent "Multinational Corpor­ations
and u.s. Politics."
Feld traced the involvement of the
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development with appropriate
technologies. In the mid-'70s, he said,
a working group was organized through
the process of negotiations "by devel­oping
as well as developed countries
to discuss the gap from what the third
world wanted and the rest of the world
was ready to give."
"Consequently November 1975
brought about a gradual closing of the
gap between the two parties." In 1980,
he continued, a draft convention was
drawn up by this group as to the prin­ciple
for a code of conduct for tech­nology
tranc;fers.
The most difficult issue dealing with
a code of conduct, he stressed, is the
legal character of such a system. Other
questions involve restrictive business
practices and applicable laws - na­tional,
international - regarding
application of such a code of conduct,
he explained.
AGSIM to Host Conference
The Annual Conference of the Rocky
Mountain Council for Latin American
Studies will be hosted by AGSIM next
February. About 150 to 200 people
will attend the panels dealing with
language, business and economics.
John G. Conklin, Ph.D., professor
from AGSIM's International Studies
Department, is president of RMCLAS
for the 1981-82 year.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Department Data
The three departments report news
o~ the pro~essors keeping busy, attend­ing
conferences in Florida, Seattle,
Wash., Scottsdale, Ariz., and other
localities. Books are also being authored.
The exchange between the Beijing
Institute of Foreign Trade and AGSIM
continued this spring; students are
planning to participate this summer.
At least two professors have received
research stipends. All in all, it's been
a busy semester.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DE­PARTMENT:
Beverly J, Springer,
Ph.D., has been awarded a National En­dowment
for the Humanities summer
stipend. She will travel to Brussels to
work on the project entitled "The
European Trade Union Confederation
and Co-determination: The Fate of
Post-industrial Values in Post Affluent
Europe."
She is also planning to travel to
London, Paris and Rome.
John G. Conklin, Ph.D., attended
a meeting of the Rocky Mountain
Council for Latin American Studies in
Las Cruces, N.M., in February and
delivered a paper entitled "Prospects
for Economic Relations between
Mexico and Japan." Conklin was elected
president of the group for 1981-82.
He also delivered a paper, "Trade Re­lations
between Latin America and
Japan: Patterns and Prospects," before
the annual meeting of the International
Studies Association, on March 16 to
23 in Philadelphia.
Karl P. Magyar, Ph.D., served as a
panelist at the meeting of the Western
Association of Africanists in Colorado
Springs, Colo., in March. He discussed
"Africa: Responses in Rural Ecology
and Economics." In April, Magyar
talked about "Investment Opportuni­ties
in Nigeria" at the Second Annual
Conference of International Trade
and Finance at the Center for Inter­national
Development at Texas South­ern
University in Houston.
Richard D. Mahoney, Ph.D., who
taught at the Beijing Institute of For­eign
Trade this winter, is publishing
a book entitled "Kennedy and Africa"
through Oxford University Press. This
book, according to Mahoney, deals with
declassified White House files.
Robert T. Moran, Ph.D., will also
be teaching at the BIFT this May for
18 days.
His book entitled "Managing Cultur-al
Differences" co-authored with Philip
R. Harris, Ph.D., will be translated into
Japanese, Moran reports. The second
volume, "Managing Cultural Synergy,"
will be published in September by Gulf
Publishing Company. As part of the
two-book package, six video tapes on
the theme of managing cultural dif­ferences
have also been produced by
Gulf Publishing Co. The tapes focus on
the cosmopolitan manager, transna­tional
managers as cultural change
agents, transnational managers as
intercultural communicators, under­standing
cultural differences, family
relocation coping skills and improving
the productivity of international
managers.
Moran will also soon be publishing
a book on international business
protocol.
Shoshana Tancer, Ph.D., was the Ari­zona
coordinator for American Energy
Week during March. She will be speak­ing
this summer on immigration to
a women's group, Charter. She also
continues to practice law part-time.
MODERN LANGUAGES DEPART­M[
NT: Chairman Robert M. Ramsey,
Ph.D., read a paper in Detroit at the
15th Annual International Conference
of Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages in March. The paper
was about "Teaching English as a
Third Language in Barcelona, Spain."
Also in March, Ramsey participated
in the Seminar on Intensive English
as a Second Language Programs at Ari­zona
State University. He published
an article in the March 1981 issue of
the TEL SOL QUARTERLY.
Jorge Valdivieso, Ph.D., has also
attended conferences and published
papers. In March he attended the South­western
Council of Latin American
Studies Conference and read his paper
entitled "Configuracion dantesca de
la novela Adan Buenosayres." His study
"La mujer iconica en el ensayo de
Octavio Paz" will be included as a chap­ter
in the book La Mujer en la Liter­atura
Hispanoamericana by a professor
from Arizona State University.
His paper "The epithet as a stylistic
micro-structure" will be read during
the International Congress of Latin
American Association of Linguistics
and Philology (ALFAL) this September
in Scottsdale. Valdivieso reports more
than 150 linguists and philologists
from Europe, North America and Latin
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America will participate.
Andrew C. Chang, M.A., discussed
the AGSIM approach to language teach­ing
at the Arizona Conference on
Japanese Linguistics at the University
of Arizona, Tucson, in January.
In August Mary Anne Critz, Ph.D.,
will attend the annual convention of
the American Association of Teachers
of Spanish and Portuguese in Seattle,
Wash. She will give a paper on the
Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector at
the "Luso-Brazilian Literature session."
Issa Peters, Ph.D., who was inter­viewed
recently by a local Phoenix
newspaper about the U.S. hostage crisis
in Iran, said he thinks the U.S. should
uphold the agreement to return Iran's
assets. "The United States should
honor the agreement. The agreement
was a commitment. Any superpower
ought to live up to its word. A small
country can get away with things like
that. It's like a child - you can forgive
a child for misbehaving, but an adult
must be wise.
"The hostage situation brought
disaster upon themselves (Iranians).
Emotionally, it may have given them
some satisfaction, but politically, it was
a total disaster," Peters was quoted as
saying. He also noted that "almost
immediately after the hostages were
released, Iran called on several U.S.
businesses to resume trade as normal.
Peters said Iran realizes it has to sepa­rate
business from emotions."
In addition to his radio, television
and newspaper interviews during the
Iran situation, Peters also delivered a
paper on "Fantasy as Disguised Social
Criticism in The Arabian Nights" at the
World Conference on the Fantastie in
Literature at Florida State University
during March. In April he presented
a paper on "Modern Egyptian Proverbs:
A Content Analysis" at the Western
Branch of the American Oriental
Society at Brigham Young University
in Utah. He explained that both papers
are culturally oriented.
WORLD BUSINESS DEPART­MENT:
Clifton B. Cox, Ph.D., who is
the vice chairman of the Greyhound
Corp. and member of the Greyhound
board of directors, is teaching WB340,
International Management, and
WB548, Policies, at AGSIM.
Cox, who received his Bachelor
and Master of Science degrees from
8
Auburn University and his Ph.D. degree
from Purdue University, was a pro­fessor
of agricultural economics at
Purdue for 10 years.
Cox joined Armour and Company in
1960 as director of economic research
and was elected a vice president in
1963. He was elected a director of
Armour in 1970 and later was ap­pointed
executive vice president. In
1971 he was elected a director of the
Greyhound Corp. and Greyhound
group vice president - Armour Food.
The same year he became president
and chief executive officer of Armour
Food Co., which is a separate operat­ing
division of Armour and Co. He was
chairman and chief executive officer of
Armour and Co. from '75 to 1980.
R. Duane Hall, who resigns his posi­tion
as director of INTERCOM this
summer, will be teaching full time in
the world business department.
Taeho Kim, Ph.D., who received a
faculty research grant for the 1980-81
academic year, attended the annual
meeting of the National Academy of
International Business in New Orleans,
La., where he read a paper about "Risk
Intermediation in International Bank­ing:
An Exposition." In July he will
present a paper entitled "The Bor­rower-
Lender Relationship in Interna­tional
Lending" to the Conference of
Western Economic Association in San
Francisco. He will be at the London
School of Economics in August to
discuss "The Role of International
Banks in the Optimal Allocation of
Risk Bearing."
James L. Mills, Ph.D., will be on a
leave of absence at McMaster Univer­sity
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
beginning this fall.
Professors Barbara L. and Wallace
Reed, traveled to the Beijing Institute
of Foreign Trade last December as part
of the AGSIM-BIFT exchange. Wallace
Reed also taught at the Institute for
International Studies and Training in
Japan this spring.
Wenlee Ting, Ph.D., attended the
same conference in January with Prof.
Kim. Ting discussed "Performance
Effects of Management Technology De­velopment
by Firms in Newly Industri­alizing
Countries." He also had an
article on Taiwanese multinationals
in the Oct. 17, 1980, issue of "Market­ing
News," and another article on
transfer of management technology in
the fall '80 issue of the "Columbia
Journal of World Business."
Prof. Paul M. Wilson is now teaching
accounting part-time at AGSIM.
lAKE CHAMPLAIN, Vt .... The
Thunderbird Club of New England received
an offer it couldn't pass up from Chris
Morrison, '73, general manager of the
Radisson-Burlington Hotel: A weekend
away from it all May 8, 9 and 10!
Stephen F. Hall, '69, was in charge of the
weekend which included a Friday wel­coming
cocktail party, a "Vermont-style"
breakfast followed by the T-Birds' annual
meeting, and a Sunday brunch. After the
Saturday meeting, some T-Birds took off
on Side-trips while a few others relaxed
the afternoon away at the indoor pool.
HOUSTON ... Four T-Birds were in
charge of planning "Mad, Merry May Day"
on May 1. It was a great time for the Texas
T-Bird alumni association of Houston to
get together, to swap tall T-Bird tales and
business cards (of course).
The four organizers were John Douglass,
'80, Ben Miedema, '77, Joe Ringer, '68,
and Steve Toms, '72.
PHOENIX ... President and Mrs. William
Voris hosted "la Fiesta de los Amigos y
los Alumni" at their home April 24. The
party, which was sponsored by the Friends
of Thunderbird, honored faculty emeriti
Etelvina Dietrich, Mrs. Arthur W. Good­earL
Daniel C. Kaufherr, Christian A.
larsen, Maria L. de Noronha, Francisco L.
Gaona, Frank R. JackIe, John S. Kelly,
Alvin M. Marks and Gerard R. Richter.
SOUTH FLORIDA ... lots of sunlovers
were out to talk not only about the space
launch but of the good times at AGSIM on
April 12 at Alice Wainright Park during
the alumni picnic.
Many alumni, their families and guests
turned out to munch on picnic-fare fried
chicken and talk about business, then and
now. Paul Simons, '70, who organized the
event, also reports, "We're enjoying a
broader attendance at the Tuesday evening
monthly gatherings at The Mutiny's Tree
Top lounge. Why not join us 7:30 p.m. to
9 :30 p.m. each first Tuesday? It is not
necessary to be a Mutiny member to attend;
just ask for the "T-Bird table!"
BOSTON, Mass .... Michael Harrington,
former congressman from Massachusetts
and a member of the Board of Directors of
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, spoke
to a group of more than a score of T-Birds
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
on April 7 at The Winery at Lewis Wharf.
Harrington, chairman of the Massachu­setts
Foreign Business Council, talked
about "Foreign Investment In New
England," then answered questions after
his presentation.
The event was organized by Steve Hall,
'69.
HOUSTON ... Professor Karl Magyar,
who had been the featured luncheon speaker
for the second Annual conference of Inter­national
Trade and Finance on April 8
- was the featured speaker/guest the even­ing
before for a group of Thunderbirds.
Maygar, who had told organizer Ben
Miedema, '77, "the more the merrier for
dinner" was pleased with the turn-out and
the opportunity to talk about AGSIM.
SEATTLE, Wash .... Professor Duane
Hall, from the World Business Department,
was the featured guest March 30 at the
Seattle/Tacoma area T-Bird meeting at
Trader Vic's.
Jerry Peterbrook, '77, made arrangements
for the evening.
PHOENIX ... "Come spend the day!"
the invitation read-and they did!
Alumni from the Valley of the Sun, as
well as about 200 students and other
individuals, woke up early to be at AGSIM
for the Thunderbird Road Race which be­gan
at 6 :30 a.m.
After that everyone rested up until 2 p.m
when the alumni battled the students on
the baseball diamond. Guess who won?'
Ask alumni team organizers Ed Dombrow­ski,
'77, or Skeet Holland, '78 .
After the "big game" everyone trooped
over to the cafeteria for "Asia Night."
Following a delicious meal, the alumni and
students saw the Indian film "Two Sisters"
in the auditorium.
Ending the evening at 9 p.m. was the
colorful, musical and exciting Asia Show
on the quad, featuring a fashion show,
Philippine choral group and dance, martial
arts and karate exhibit, songs by Lucel
and songs by Ichi, Ben and Hitoshi.
Nine alLimni piLlS guests were able to attend
the T-Bird meeting in Ecuador at the hOllle of
Bob Cackett, '68.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
CHICAGO ... More than 100 T-Birds
and guests attended the Chicago area T-Bird
cocktail party March 25 at the Chicago
Association of Commerce and Industry,
which featured Charles Mannel, director of
AGSIM's Career Service Center.
The three alumni coordinating the event
were Bob English, '76, Mike Marut, '78,
and Jessie Wilson, '73.
Mannel also hosted the AGSIM booth
during the Chicago World Trade Conference
(March 23 to 27).
PHOENIX . . . "Attention T-Birds! We
want you!" read the invitation sent out by
Cynthia Cielle, '80, Clay Conrad, '80
and Lynne Larson, '80, who gave a "class
bash" for '79 and '80 T-Bird grads on
March 7 in Scottsdale. Everyone agreed
they· were glad they "survived" AGSIM to
become part of the Thunderbird mystique.
LIMA, Peru ... More than one year ago,
William H. Hill Jr., '71, began correspond­ing
with the Alumni Office, describing
the activities of the T-Bird group in that
Peruvian city.
Hill wrote very early this year of the
active alumni, numbering 17, and of their
meetings- both past, present and future.
One such meeting/cocktail party was
held in the conference salon of the new
Miraflores "El Pardo" Hotel, owned by the
family of David Bracale, '74 . Fred Leiser­ing,
'47, hosted another gathering, ac­cording
to Hill, at hi» lovely San Isidro
penthouse. Hill also opened his home to
T-Birds for yet another party of this active
group .
The Lima group is interested in learnlllg
about new prospective members and also
welcomes alumni traveling through the
area. Contact Bracale (716533) or Hill
(364154) for further information.
KOLN, W. Germany ... A group of
T-Birds and Finns had a combined Thanks­giving
- Finnish Independence Day
banquet last December, according to
Andrew Kreinik, '79 . Those attending in­cluded
Hans Jany, '75, Steve Dutton, '79,
John Tuttle, '79, Susan Serfontein, '70,
and Rick Gibson, '79.
ECUADOR ... After almost five years,
the Ecuadorian Thunderbirds had a cock­tail
party in November. Through personal
contacts and new<;pappr ads, they were
able to locate 13 T-Birds of which nine
were able to attend the party.
The get-together was held at the home
of Bob Cackett, '68. Those in attendance
included: Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Berger, '68,
Cackett, Leonardo Polit, '75, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Crossley, '60, Mr. and Mrs.
George Menegray, '62, Mr. and Mrs.
Zolfang Guerrero, '75, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Copwell, '70, Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Paez,
'75, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Juliani, '58.
Attendillg tile Chicago area T-Bird gatherillg
were, from left, Zoran Obradovic, '70,
George Dykes, 'b5, Robert L. Beall, '-l8,
Charles Mallllci alld vV 1persol1 Moore, '6-1,
gettillg a preview of the spring '81 issue of
The Thunderbird lIlaga::ille.
A New Year's party was held at Ihe Sallta
MOllica, Calif., hallie of Marta alld Masa
Aoshillla, '80, for several '80 graduates. Olle
of the guests, Yu Fukui, wrote tlwt four out
of 10 people calile frolll far alit of tOWli
(Tokyo, Sail Frallcisco alld Sail Diego), alld
"we had a wOllderful tillle to share our beau­lifulillemories
of AGS1M life." A ttelldillg
were, frolll left frollt ro7.l', Yu FlIklli, Midori
Yoshida, Masa Aoshilllll; back roll' sittillg
frolll left, Yoko Fukui, Gorge Yoshida, Marta
Aoshiil1a alld Kyoko 1. Kellt; bad. row frolll
left stalldillg, Yoshihiro Kalla, Hirohlllili
Odall1l1ra alld Marty Yalllagishi.
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CLASS OF '47, '48, '49, '50
George H. Blake, '47 , who is currently vice
president of marketing for PepsICo Foods Inter­national
, writes "After all these years of domestic
work, I finally got my present International as·
signment, Introducing Frlto-Lay snacks over­seas.
I guess this proves it takes some of us
longer for career development than others."
Robert L. Mc Intyre, 47 , who recently retired
from Sears, has moved to Philadelphia Joseph
M. Klein, '47, who IS vice chairman of AGSIMs
Board of Trustees, IS currently the chairman of
the board for Pluess - Staufer International Inc
and preSident of PluessStaufer Industries In
Marina Del Rey, Calif William E. Mitchell, 47 ,
executive vice preSident and managing director
for B.F Goodrich, Philippines, Inc , was in Phoe­nix
thiS spring for Goodrlch 's annual interna­tional
management conference Robert Bean,
48, has been serving as the executive director
ad Interim of the International Business Council
In Chicago for the past SIX months As executive
director. Bean directed the operations of the
councils staff to achieve objectives set by the
board of directors. The counCil has more than
1,000 members representing 800 firms, organ­Izations
and agencies. W. Clifford Cole, 48,
who IS vice president, international, of Mitsublshl
Aircraft International. Inc , lives In Dallas. Texas
Alfred F. Miossi Jr., 48 , who IS a member of
AGSIMs Board of Trustees, IS currenlly executive
vice preSident of Continental Bank in Chicago
John A. Warner, '48 has been preSident of
Sabritas, S A de CV (the Frlto-Lay company In
MeXICO) since its reorganization In 1967 as a
wholly owned subSidiary of PepsiCo, Inc He
and hiS Wife Veronica live In MeXICO, however,
they and their three children have traveled With
PepsICo to HawaII Guam, Hong Kong , the Phil­IppineS,
Okinawa. New York , Venezuela and
Peru since Warner was graduated from AGSIM
Kenneth J. Miller, 49, operating mana-ger
for International operallons, Sears, Roe­buck
and Co In Chicago, retired last December
HIS Wife June writes the Alumni Office that
Miller doesn't "really have any definite plans (after
retirement) but rest and travel enter Into the
early picture Were gOing to Puerto Rico In Janu-ary
In February to Houston. In March to
South Africa Ken hasn't worked on hiS book
In ages bul If the final draft IS as good as the
first eight chapters, he could have a best seller.
Wouldn 't that be nice?" Miller contributed to
thiS Issuess article on terrorism Joseph R.
Bender, 50, IS preSident of the Kerry Patch
Travel, Inc , In Dallas, Texas Clifford Bevens,
50, was kidnapped In December by 15 men
armed With submachlne guns and disguised
as police officers In Guatemala City He IS the
U.S manager of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
(See article on terrorism In this Issue ) Anthony
C. "Tony" Bicocchi, '50 , IS vice preSident!
International for First National Bank of Houston.
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Joseph Klein , '47 Alfred MiosSI, '48
Sterling L. Boyce, '50, writes thaI he recently
retired . Malcom F. Gleason, '50, has moved
from Japan to Hong Kong where he IS working
With the First National Bank of Boslon, Asia/
PaCifiC diVISion headquarters.
CLASS OF '51
John K. Barrington Jr. IS senior vice preSident
of PaCifiC National Bank of Washington In Seattle,
Wash D. Barker Bates, who lives In Benbrook,
Texas, IS retired but does occaSional consulting
work He was recently honored as the volunteer
who contributed the most volunteer hours at
the Fort Worth (Texas) Museum of SCience &
History Harry J. De Fazio, who recently re­turned
from Venezuela IS working for Dravo,
c .a In San Diego Robert W. Feagles, who is
a member of AGSIM s Board of Trustees, IS sen­Ior
vice preSident, personnel/ administration for
The Travelers Insurance Companies in Hartford,
Conn. Juan M.S. Frikart, Ph .D , who recently
retired , was professor of economics In Spanish
and English at Pima Community College in Tuc­son
, AriZ Frikart also was an associate professor
of economics at the University of Arizona for
11 years He reminisces. I was the person who
at the request of PreSident Carl A. Sauer started
keeping alumni records (at AGSIM) and for
many months I worked from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. In
the Administration Building I was a member of
the faculty . from 1946 to 1955 "
CLASS OF '52, '53, '54
Brayton Lincoln, '52, writes from South Dart­mouth,
Mass. , where he and his Wife Rosamond
reSide, that " like many Thunderbird graduates,
I'm In advertiSing In an Internationally oriented
company.' Robert D. Vance, 52, IS an area
coordinator/ Latin America for Mobil South , Inc.,
In New York City. Robert H. Morehouse, '53,
has become preSident of ASian International
Bank in New York City, leaving hiS post as senior
vice preSident of Wells Fargo in Los Angeles
Jerald Schneiderman, 54 , IS In the international
diVISion of Chase Manhattan Bank Charles A.
Whitcomb, '54 , is the vice chairman of the board
of Interconlinental Bank in Miami, Fla
CLASS OF '55
William L. Bettison Jr., who wrote thaI he re­gretted
being unable to attend the 55 Silver
Reunion last December, says that he and hiS
wife, whom he married In 1975 and who IS from
Chile, speak only Spanish With their 4-year-old
daughter. They live in Caracas, Venezuela,
where he has hiS own bUSiness. He also helped
put together SIX other manufacturing businesses
( Joint ventures mostly") for other people. He
added Attending Thunderbird was a real turn­Ing
pOint In my life. and I can't thank the faculty
enough for the baSIC training I received there
25 years seems like a long time; but 1955
seems like yesterday." Sharmon Steen Davis
Kenneth Miller, '49 Robert Morehouse, '53
IS currently attending National University to
obtain her master's degree In educational ad­ministration.
Attorney James H. Dolan recently
sent regrets that he couldn't attend the Silver
Reunion for the Class of '55 lasl December be­cause
he IS disabled He is liVing In Boynton
Beach, Fla. Ben H. Ketchum is the vice presI­dent
of Bill White. Inc , a customhouse broker
foreign freight forwarder In Los Angeles. Robert
M. Lorenz IS a senior vice preSident for Security
PaCIfic National Bank in Los Angeles. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lewis "Pinky" Steinmetz VISited
Executive Vice PreSident Berger Erickson, while
they were on leave from India where Steinmetz
works for Firestone. George W. Tregea, who
recently wrote the Alumni Office regretting that
he couldn't attend the '55 Silver Reunion , is
liVing In Caracas, Venezuela, and working for
Global Ventas y Administraclon , s.a
CLASS OF '56
Jack D. Butefish, who is preSident of Group
DynamiCs, Inc., In Los Angeles, recently cor­responded
With Executive Vice PreSident Berger
Erickson who passed the letter along to the
Alumni Office Robert G. Davis is the market­Ing
manager for Aluminum Tube Railing , Inc., In
Glendora, Calif. J. Garry Hoyt, who recently
left Young & Rublcam , Inc. , as vice preSident
of their Puerto Rican office, has become a yacht
deSigner In Newport. R.I . Before he left he was
Interviewed by several Puerto Rican magazines
and newspapers One writer deSCribed him
Garry Hoyt, who sold Puerto Ricans on Don 0
rum, Corona beer and Sello Rojo rice but ran
Into resistance when he pitched English, state­hood
and American values, IS pulling out of thiS
market after 25 years.' The resistance came,
the article explains, when Hoyt gave a speech
at the annual banquet of the Sales and Market­ing
Executives Association deploring Puerto
Rico s Insular mentality" and the decline of
English Instruction. Planning to climb Everest
beginning In late August is Thunderbird Scott
MacBeth, who is part of the 1981 American
Everest Expedition. MacBeth is a geologist and
trek leader for Mountain Travel , U.S.A He IS
a veteran With more than a decade of trekking
and climbing experience In the Himalayas
Bruce Clark Warren has been appOinted re­gional
director of Young & Rublcam Interna­tional
for Puerto Rico, MeXICO, Dominican
Republic and Venezuela .
CLASS OF '57
Joseph Culver has been named preSident and
chief operating officer of Woodward and Dick­erson
, Inc. Culver had jOined the OhiO company
more than one year ago as senior vice presi­dent.
Robert J. Drouillard, who recently returned
from Brazil, IS the general manager of Banco
Real International, Inc., In Chicago. Attorney
Dr. William F. Withers who joined the Inter-
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Robert M. Lorenz, '55 Douglas Hill, '58
national Relations Council of Kansas City several
years ago continues to be an "ardent PR man
for AGSIM" because the council IS qUite active
and broad In international scope. he wrote
recently
CLASS OF '58
William H. Cunningham Jr., who was at AGSIM
recruiting. IS the managing director for Kraft
In Caracas. Venezuela He and his wife Carmen
Alden Cunningham moved to Caracas In July
1980 from Panama. Juergen Goldhagen IS In
the International divIsion with Chase Manhattan
Bank. Douglas F. Hill was recently elected
vice president of Goodyear International Corp
and a vice president of Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Co. Timothy McGinnis IS In the Inter­national
divISion of Chase Manhattan Bank
Cleo E. Wall is the president of Intercontinental
Refining, Inc, a subsidiary of Intercontinental
Consolidated Companies. Inc., In Houston.
CLASS OF '59
Eric Beerman wntes from Madrid that he and
his wife Conchita have been busy writing histori­cal
and travel articles for various publica lions
His article "The Death of an Old Conquistador
New Light on Juan de Onate ' appeared In a
recent Issue of the New MeXICO Historical Re
view He IS also Invited to the bicentennial of
the Spanish victory In 1981 at Pensacola, Fla ,
and to the 250th anniversary of the Canary
Islanders founding of San Antonio, Texas
Robert Lee Fife has become the president of
Gulf & Western, Taylor-Bonney In Southfield.
Mich. Jerome L. "Jerry" Gaarder IS the Inter­national
sales manager for Affiliated Hospital
Products, Inc , In Chicago. Terrence
McGrath IS In the International diVISion of Chase
Manhattan Bank. Gregory H. Orloff IS vice
president of Marsh & McLennan, Inc., Los
Angeles. Donald Pierson is the principal of
Thornydale Elementary School In Tucson, AriZ.
He writes: " I never did go overseas after I gradu­ated
from Thunderbird (AIFT), I wenllnto
education and received my master's degree In
educational administration. However. my train­Ing
at Thunderbird was invaluable because I
spent nine years in the border school of Naco
as the principal/superintendent and I spoke
Spanish more than I did English. I also used
my business training to make budgets, do ac­counting.
' George L. Reeves IS In the Inter­national
division of Chase Manhattan Bank.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Don Pierson, '59 Gregory OrloH, '59
CLASS OF '60, '61, '62
David Bravender, '60, IS in the International
division of Chase Manhattan Bank. William
McKinley Johnson Jr., '60, IS the preSident of
Amonent Petroleum Company in Laguna Niguel.
Calli Richard K. "Ricardo" Lorden, '60, who IS
a restauranteur in Mexico City, was recently
InterViewed In the magazine Travel / Holiday
about his restaurant Les Bon Vivants. "When
I found thiS old house in Lomas de Chapultepec.
I deCided It was lime to stop thinking about
being a restauranteur and be one That was In
1973 The house had been the reSidence of a
senator-general, but had been unoccupied for
nine years The roof had collapsed. and it was
totally abandoned I went through five architects
and their plans before gelling In the act myself .
Bonnie R. and James H. O'Brien, 61 are liVing
In Placentia, Calif, where James IS the director
of retail stores for Carpenter /Offrett Corp.
Lewis Brine, '62, IS In the International depart­ment
with Chase Manhattan Bank Carlos
Cortes, PhD, '62, is the 1980 recIpient of the
DistingUished California Humanist Award
presented by the California Council of the
Humanities. Cortes. 46. was recognized for hiS
work, according to the California Council, as a
lecturer and consultant throughout the country
on such subjects as multi-cultural and bilingual
education. race and ethnlclty. Latin Amencan
and Chicano history, culture and film history
The award IS presellted annually·to the person
who has distingUished himself In trYing to take
hiS discipline away from the campus and make
hiS InSights part of knowledge for a wide variety
of public groups." James M. Davis, '62, hiS
Wife Suzan and their three children recently
returned to the United States from France DaVIS
IS the general manager. International. forTechol.
Inc. In FI. Worth, Texas John J. Edstrom,
62, IS vice preSident - sales and marketing
for ARA Services In England Morris Fetdman,
62, who IS with the consulate of Finland. re­cently
viSited AGSIM and discussed the treaty
between that country and the US to share energy
saving technology
Richard Lorden, '60 Carlos Cortes. '62
CLASS OF '64
Weddell James Berkey Jr., IS a real tor assocI­ate
In the million dollar club for Coldwell Banker/
Thorsen Realtors In Bloomingdale, III. John
Daliere is the general manager for Adistra
Corp. Lawrence Hershfield IS In the Interna­tional
diVISion of Chase Manhattan Bank. Bruce
Hord has recently been promoted to director
of marketing and administrative serVices, Inter
national for Malilnekrodt International. Steven
Hayden Spencer IS the director of Latin America
for Tiger In MeXICO City Keith L. Taylor and
hiS Wife Carmen are liVing In Logan, Utah. where
Taylor IS assistant professor of finance at Utah
State University Taylor previously worked for
Cummins Engine Co , as regional manager In
Brazil: and for Perkins Diesel, as the manager
of Latin America David Zabinski IS an executive
chef for the dinner club at the sports arena for
Northstar Finance Corp (North Star Hockey)
In Minneapolis, Minn. Dean W. Zook notes that
he made the Merrill Lvnch presidents club
CLASS OF '65
Tom J. Mc Spadden IS the senior vice preSident
clnd manager, International banking group.
for Cullen Bank & Trust In Houston . Theodore
W. Paulos IS the International marketing dlrec
tor for Ansullnternatlonal Sales Corp part of
Wormald International Group In Marinette. WIS
Peter E. Preovolos has become preSident and
chairman of the board of Alpha & Omega
finanCial management consultants. Inc . In La
Mesa. Calif Thomas M. Preston has been
named manager of International marketing and
sales of the International operations department
of American Critical Care. a pharmaceutical
diVISion of American Hospital Supply Corp
American Critical Care specializes In cardio­vascular
disease and crltlcClI care medicine He
and hiS Wife and their three children have moved
to Lake Forest. III Sally and David H. Rytand ,
who IS the executive vice preSident for Builders
Concrete. Inc . In Bellingham Wash. recently
vIsited the Alumni OHlce Lawrence R. Stern
recently vIsited with Charles Mannel. director
of AGSIM Career Services Center who was in
Tucson on bUSiness. Stern IS the director of
public relations for SI. Mary's Hospital and Health
Center In Tucson. AriZ
CLASS OF '66
Michael M. Feeney and hiS family, Including
a daughter Kim of Korean extraction , son Enc
from Taiwan. and Laura who was born In Ger
many recently returned from a SIX year assign
ment In Germany They now reSide In Sierra
Vista. Anz D. Michael Griffin, who lives In
San Mateo. Calif with hiS Wife Barbara IS In the
national account sales diVIsion of Peterson
Tractor Co He recently was given a tour of the
AGSIM campus Vaino Hoffren IS the owner/
broker of Scandia Realty In Big Bear Lake. Calif
11
Keith Taylor, '64 Thomas Preston, '65
Chris Matlon IS In the international division of
Chase Manhattan Bank. Frans Nelson, who
resides In Hermosa Beach, Calif. owns C I F
Forwarders In Los Angeles We are In the
unique situation of being the only company In
the US that offers door-to-door service to all
countries In Latin America: Jonathan G. Verity,
executive vice president of Winters National
Bank & Trust In Dayton, Ohio. recently met With
Tom Brla, alumni director, at a Career Services
Center-sponsored luncheon while Verity was
here recrUiting
CLASS OF '67
Gunter Aron and his Wife recently Visited the
AGSIM campus He IS the general manager of
the Industrial group of Sterling Drug and lives
In RIo de Janeiro Fred L. Bollerer IS senior
vice preSident In the long-range planning divI­sion
of First City National Bank of Houston
William R. Gilson IS the manager of real estate
development for Wickland Oil Co. In Sacra­mento.
Calif John Hale IS in the international
diviSion of Chase Manhattan Bank Gary Ranker
has been named executive director of the
University of Southern Californla's sales repre­sentative
career program. Ranker. 38, was chief
executive officer of two Textron subSidiaries and
director of sales, marketing and distribution
for Hallmark Cards, Europe Ranker, who
speaks five languages, was the top salesperson
for Hallmark Cards Inc , United Kingdom In
1968 and IS listed In Whos Who of Marketing
International James P. Rooney recently wrote
. I have been elected chairman of the ASia Paci
flc CounCil of American Chambers of Com­merce
which represents all of the American
Chambers of Commerce from Australia to
Japan to IndoneSia and Includes liaison mem­bers
In the Middle East During 1981 I will be
traveling to the US approximately four times
to attend meetings of the International Commit­tee
of the Chamber of Commerce of the US,
to chair APCAC meetings and to speak before
various groups The standard APCAC speech
for the US. focuses on deterrents to foreign
trade Investment resulting from US legislation ..
CLASS OF '68
Anthony W. "Tony" Aires IS an Independent
distributor of Shaklee products and IS living In
PhoeniX John A. Hobbs IS vice president and
treasurer of Lifemark Corp a hospital and
health services company In Houston. Dan
Lowery IS the general manager of the Interna­tional
banking divIsion for the Nalional Bank of
Abu Dhabi In the United Arab Emirates John
Seelinger IS In the International diVISion of Chase
Manhattan Bank Edwin N. Vinson has been
promoted to president of Nelson Trust In Hunt­Ington,
W. Va. Algis Vosylius recently became
International sales and marketing manager of
Picker Dunlee Corp, a subSidiary of Picker Co
12
Frans Nelson, 66 Dan Lowery, '68
of Cleveland which manufactures medical
equipment The company IS located In the
Chicago suburb of Bellwood Kidgie M. Wil­liams
is in the International diVISion of Chase
Manhattan Bank
CLASS OF '69
Einar Bergh has become the manager of pub­lic
relations for Mobil Exploration Norway, Inc.,
In Stavanger Norway Peter Nelson Berns has
become the president of Roburn Agencies. Inc
In New York City. The agency, which was estab­lished
In 1935 by Berns' father, acts as an
export representative for various US. manufac­turers
in the overseas markets. Martin Bowen
IS senior vice preSident/international In London
for First City National Bank of Houslon Michael
J. Crouse is second vice preSident In the Inter­national
divIsion of National Bank of Detroit In
Michigan. Robert J. Kearns III has been ap­pOinted
preSident of the Arab Leasing Company
In Bahrain. William L. Kloepfer IS In the Inter­national
diVISion of Chase Manhattan Bank
Akemi and Thomas F. Krill recently visited
AGSIM He IS the district manager for Clark Inter­national
Marketing s.a Martin P. "Marty"
McNamara has been promoted to assistant vice
president of American International Companies
In Coral Gables, Fla Larry Nelson is In the
international division of Chase Manhattan Bank
Terrance O'Malley IS the credit manager for
Trlfari and is living In Wayland, Mass.
CLASS OF '70
Dale Birkland IS employed by TItus Tool Co ,
Inc .. In Kirkland, Wash. G. Grant Bowerman is
director of International administration and
Internallonal marketing for Evergreen Heli­copters.
Inc. In McMinnville, Ore. Eugene
Brassard, executive director of Friendly House
in Phoenix. was recently interviewed In a local
newspaper about Friendly House which is the
only local agency specifically set up to help
HispaniCs make cultural adjustments and learn
skills for employment Steven R, Chapman IS
a loan speCialist With the U.S Small Business
Administration In Cincinnati, Ohio. J,t. Costa
is the markeling director for Afnca and the Near
East With Johnson Wax In England Walter
Dassela is In the International division of Chase
Manhattan Bank. Roger Decort, who lives In
Litchfield Park Ariz. is involved In worldWide
Investment programs and research capital
planning Lynn Hurlbert is no longer with Gulf
and Western but IS working on a doctorate In
International relations at Rice University. Charles
L. Johnston III recently left Sunkist Growers
to become vice preSident of marketing/sales
for Continental Flavors in Brea. Calif Thomas
B, O'Keefe has his own company Thomas B
OKeefe Co, Inc, In Newport Beach, Calif
Bobo Seifert IS working for Perceptum Infor­mation
in Stockholm Udo Sietins is vice presl-
Peter Berns, 69 Martin McNamara, '69
dent and head of the international division of
the Bank of Oklahoma In Tulsa. Jurgen Umbhau
is regional manager for ASia/Pacific for the
Ridge Tool Company Umbhau has been liVing
In Kobe, Japan Luc E. Van Berckelaer has
been transferred to Singapore with Johnson &
Higgins. Frederick B, Weiss, CPA., has been
admitted as a shareholder In Cooke & WeiSS,
PC In Virginia Beach, Va Prior to returning to
the U.S, hiS most recent pOSition was as chief
financial officer of John Henderson (Curacao)
Co., Ltd a British conglomerate engaged In
supermarkets. ship chandlery and real estate
In Curacao. George F. Williams IS the general
manager of Saudi Industnal & Food Supply,
Inc He Will be stationed in lidda, Saudi Arabia.
Roger H. Youel is manager of the Bank of
America In Burnel. Kenneth Young recently
became vice preSIdent. marketing and product
development at Perfekta Enterprises Ltd. In
Hong Kong He regularly commutes between
New York and Hong Kong
CLASS OF '71
Agustin V. Arbulu was chosen last November
to be on the Reagan-Bush transition team as
Midwvst coordinator and reviewer of all applica­tions
and recommendations of Latinos for fed­eral
appointments. Arbulu, who was born In
Peru, IS a partner in the law firm Huff, Arbulu
and Lyglzos In Dearborn, Mich. He is also an
adjunct professor at the UniverSity of Detroit
Law School William M. Coulter IS In the Inter­national
diVISion of Chase Manhattan Bank
Robert C. Hill IS in the international division
of Chase Manhattan Bank James G. Kohl Jr.,
is employed by ITVv Industria e Comercio Ltda
In Sao Paulo. Harry F. Koolen Jr. IS vice presI­dent,
manager of the U.S group, International
department for First City National Bank of
Houston. Texas Jasmine and Shiraz Peera With
their two children, are liVing in Tucson , AriZ.,
where Shiraz is working for Roy H. Hong Realty
Co. and IS a member of their million dollar club.
Eric R, Weaver is the US Counsel General
for the United Arab Emirates
CLASS OF '72
William D. Chapman has become vice preSident
of International operations for Butler Manufac­turing
Co In Kansas City, Mo. He became the
international operations manager in 1979 for
Butler after leaving Eaton Corp Christopher
Chesser has been named vice president in
charge of production for Filmways Pictures
Inc., In California. Michael A. Christine is a
commercial pilot for'Republic Airlines and Jives
in PhoeniX. Bruce A, Conti IS the European
regional manager for GATX Terminals Corp. In
Chicago. He has responsibility for Europe, Africa
and the Middle East He explains We receive,
store and ship Virtually any and all liquid pro­ducts
in the petroleum, chemical, animal and
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
William Chapman, '72 Christopher Chesser. '72 Jacques Kerrest. '73 Michael QUinn, '73
vegetable oil sectors." Phillip J. Gibson Jr.
was promoted to vice president of Alexander
& Alexander. Inc., and moved from Jubail to
Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, as deputy project director
for both the Jubail and Uanbu risk manage­ment
programs. John C. Hughes is a vice
president for the Bank of America In Hong Kong
Demetrio E. Ibarrola IS in the International
diviSion of Chase Manha\\an Bank. Kent
Kensley IS vice president/International for
First City National Bank of Houston. Harry
Koolen is vice president/international With
First City National Bank of Houston. Joseph
Macksey is an assistant cashier for the Bank
of America In Manila, Philippines. Justin
McCarthy IS With Gulf and Western In Singapore
Mark Pittman, who was Interviewed several
months ago In a Beaumont, Texas, newspaper.
IS the preSident of Clear Concepts Productions.
The company. which IS based In Houston. has
offices In Denver, Los Angeles and MeXICO City
Within less than two years. Clear Concepts has
produced the prize-winning documentary. The
Ten Billion Dollar Rip Off" as well as dozens
of TV commercials for nallonal and International
clients Robert Shurtleff's new position IS
manager of Investment and trade marketing for
the Government of New South Wales, Australia
Kathryn l. Stulla is In the global banking group
With Chase Manhattan Bank Tom R. Waters,
who was recently promoted to director of sales
for the PaCific Coast for Hapag Lloyd, a W
German container ship company. IS hVlng In
Larkspur. Calif. Rudolph F. Zepeda Jr. has
recently accepted the POSition of general mana­ger
for Banco de Venezuela International Corp.
and has moved from Houston to MiamI. Fla
CLASS OF '73
Peggy and Gary E. Adams With daughter Stacey
have moved to Jubaillndustnal City In Saudi
Arabia where Gary has JOined Alexander &
Alexander, Inc .. as prOject manager, Juball, on
the Royal CommiSSion for Juball and Uanbus
Risk Management Program Paul G. Bergman
Jr., was Interviewed recently by the St. LoUIS.
Mo .. Globe Democrat. about hiS work as com­mercial
a\\ache at the U.S. Embassy in Bucha­rest.
Romania The newspaper quoted him as
saying most of his SIX. sometimes seven day
work-weeks are spent making appointments for
American bUSinessmen. shepherding them
through the maze of Romanian bureaucracy
even personally delivering communications
which otherWise may be delayed or lost. Another
problem is the insistence on bartering. It means
that virtually every negotiation Includes a de­mand
for a sale In return for a purchase The
average counter-trade is 50 to 60 percent of
the Inilial transaction They want us to buy from
them as much as we sell them This is some
thing they inSiSt on. unless you have something
truly unique, something they really need Barter-
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Ing IS very difficult and confUSing for US busi­nessmen
If you re seiling computers and you
have the best. but they inSiSt that you buy
chemicals from them before they' II buy your
computers. what do you do?" Charles J.P.
Betz has been transferred as vice preSident
of the ScandinaVian regional office of Bank of
America He IS liVing In London Jana Siman
Brady IS the marketing manager/Europe for
Estee Lauder, Inc In New York City Mark Dillon
IS the group vice preSident for Michigan Nation­al
Bank of DetrOit, and manager of the Interna­tional
diVISion He recently VISited the AGSIM
campus and remarked. "Vlslted for first time
since 1973 and am amazed and Impressed by
all the new facilities Dana M. Door, who also
recently VISited campus. IS a marketing repre­sentative
for Wilden Pump & Engineering Co In
Colton. Calif Lawrence " Larry" Giessinger
recently became a vice preSident With First
City National Bank of Houston Jacques and
Sandra Werth Kerrest, who had a second boy
Marc-OliVier on Aug 29.1980. are liVing In
Montreal, where Jacques IS vice preSident and
director of Chemical Bank Arthur W. Kilfoil
IS In the International diVISion of Chase Man
hattan Bank Wendy E. Leitner IS a sales repre­sentative
for Burroughs Corp In Ft Lauderdale .
fla seiling computer systems and software
accounting packages Peter K. Lind IS In the
corporate banking diVision of Chase Manhattan
Bank. Russelll. Magarity IS In the International
diVISion of Chase Manhattan Bank Working In
the corporate banking division of Chase Man­hattan
Bank IS Gary R. Olson. Jagdish Patel
IS manager of far eastern sales for the globe
International diVISion of Johnson ContrOls. Inc
in Milwaukee. WiS. Michaell. Quinn, who
works for Eaton Corp In Philadelphia. IS the
regional manager for Africa and the Middle
East He says ThiS IS qUite a different market
and I'm looking forward to my first triP In April
Raymond G. Schuville is In the Internallonal
diVISion of Chase Manha\\an Bank Linell and
James E. Strandine recently returned to the
Middle East from an around-the-world triP They
entertained the Gary E. Adams family ('73) and
Phil Gibson. '72. for Christmas dinner Jim has
also recently been transferred from Aramco s
(Dhahran Camp. Saudi Arabia) material plan­ning
department to the contracting department
Baxter Kent Woodard IS vice presldent/lnter­nallonalln
London for First City National Bank
of Houston Nobukazu Yamaguchi has become
the marketing manager. consumer products
group. for Miles LaboratOries. Inc. Japan
branch Tokyo
Kyung H Lee, '74 Michael litton. '74
CLASS OF '74
Ray G. Anderson IS In the International diVi­sion
of Chase Manhattan Bank William "Bill"
C. Beadles, who IS an account executive With
Foote, Cone & Belding In Los Angeles. was
married there to Ingrid on Dec 7. 1980. and.
he writes. they were again married on Dec 20
In Honolulu Michael R. Conwell IS an assistant
vice preSident international for First City
National Bank of Houston Charles A. Dona­hue
IS the national sales manager/specialty for
Nashua Photo In Nashua. N H Ralph Johnson
has been promoted to regional marketing
manager for Versatec and will be responSible
for directing all marketing activities In Canada
and Latin America He writes. DUring my res I
dence at Thunderbird I speCialized In Latin
American studies which has greatly benefited
my career Leonard J. Kistner IS director
general of Clark Maqulnarla s.a In Spain He
and hiS Wife Gisela live In Zaragoza. Spain
Kyung H Lee, who IS an account executive
With ConliCommodlty In New York City writes
that he enjoyed a past Issue of The Thunder
bird (Winter 1979- 80) and the very Interest
Ing article on commodities I was particularly
pleased to come upon thiS article because I
have been liVing With corn wheat and soy·
beans Since I left Thunderbird Michael R.
Litton has recently been apPOinted regional
manager for all ArabiC countries and also
Turkey Iran and Cyprus With Woodward &
Dickerson Europe Ltd He IS based In London
Mark M. Moran IS the sales application engl
neer Smith Systems Operation for the flow
measurement and control diVISion of Geo
source Inc. In Houston He JOined the com
pany about one year ago after spending nine
months In Ecuador He will be Involved In
domestic and Latin American sales Paul
Pugsley IS an assistant vice preSident With the
international department of First City National
Bank of Houston and was recently assigned to
Singapore to handle marketing bUSiness de
velopments and credit for the new branch Jo
Ann Richardson has recently been promoted
to new products manager European agents
market. for Chesebrough Ponds In Geneva
SWitzerland Anton E. Schweitzer IS controller
for Schlumberger companla de contadores
sa. In Barcelona Spain T.J. Sinha, who re
cently returned from three years overseas IS
a planner/digital systems group member With
Texas Instruments. Houston Dennis Brian
Tenney has completed Conll-Commodlty ser
vices' training program and will serve as an
account executive In Atlanta. Ga Hans W.
Thiele, who recently VISited the Alumni Office
IS self employed In Decatur Ga dOing flnan
cia I and Investment consulting Katsuyoshi
Wada was recently promoted to vice preSident
and reSident manager In Tokyo of AT Kear
ney. tnternatlonat. Inc John W. Wicker, Jr.
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Leonard Brockman, '75 Michael Fogarty 75
IS currently employed by Compugraphlc Corp
In Wilmington, Mass. Albert P. Winger IS
working for Mlsler International Co In Hamil­ton,
Ohio Robert A. Wolf stopped by the
Alumni Office and AGSIM, returning for the
first time since he was graduated He IS the
manager of Internal audit for the phosphorus
diVISion of Mobil Chemical Co In Richmond, Va
CLASS OF '75
Robert J. Bauer IS the marketing manager of
the Titlelst Golf Division of Acuslhnet limited
and IS responsible for all of the companis mar­keting
activities In the United Kingdom. Europe
and South Africa Leonard "Len" Brockman Jr.
IS special assistant to the president and direc­tor
of education and economics With New
Orleans Commodity Exchange in New Orleans,
La Byron Coelho IS on loan from Banco Inter­naclonal
of Sao Paulo to the Agriculture Ministry
as financial director of the Banco Nacional
de Credlto Cooperatlveo In Brasilia where he
and hiS wife Ellen reSide Robert E. Dressen
IS In the International diVision of Chase Man­hattan
Bank Michael F. Fogarty, who married
Jean M Rabideau on Dec 29, 1979, has re­signed
from Crown PaCifiC Ltd and IS currently
employed by R.J Reynolds Tobacco Interna­tional
He and hiS family will soon be transferred
to Singapore when he Will become country
manager/Singapore. Morris R. Iversen IS a
product support marketing representative for
Caterpillar Tractor Co In Venezuela. James R.
Kissinger has been named sales manager of
the Doubletree Inn In Monterey, Calif. He was
previously With Hilton Hotels in Los Angeles.
Michael W. Pincetich has been appointed
regional traffiC manager for American President
lines, Ltd , San FranCISco Argemiro Pomar,
who IS a sales representative with Pacific
Coast Packagmg Corp In Vernon, Calif, recently
vIsited the AGSIM campus Victoria L. Rickey
IS the manager of supply, distribution and
diVISional transportation for J I. Case In RaCine,
WIS James S. Rogers has left Citlbank and
will be heading up operaliOns for a new branch
of First National Bank of Boston In Douala,
Cameroon, as an assistant vice president
David D. Rothchadl IS employed by American
Re-Insurance Co , In Chicago Todd Thur­wachter
IS the marketing manager for S C
Johnson & Son In Taipei, Taiwan George P.
Van Wageningen IS a marketing and supply
representative for Gulf Oil/Petroleum diVISion,
He writes Very exciting time to be in the energy
Industry Greg Walker, who currently reSides
In Los Gatos Calif IS the regional manager
of the Far East. New Zealand and Australia for
FMC Corp, airline equipment diVISion Peter
Wefel IS In the corporate banking diVISion of
Chase Manhattan Bank
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Todd Thurwachter, 75 Walter Atkinson Jr" '76 Charles Gracia 76 Kohel Ogawa, '76
CLASS OF '76
Walter T. "Walt" Atkinson Jr. has been named
director, commuter airline marketing, of Cooper
Airmotlve's general aViation diVision, head­quartered
in Dallas, Texas Atkinson, who worked
for Cessna Aircraft Co. prior to thiS position,
will be responsible for engine service business
In the worldWide commuter airline market seg­ment,
John R. Austin was recently listed in
a local San FranCISco newspaper as being a
member of the San FranCISco Chapter of the
International ASSOCiation of FinanCial Planners
Kathryn Barrios IS In the inlernatlonal diVISion
of Chase Manhattan Bank James J. Beirne,
who works for International Mullifoods In Min­neapolis,
Mlnn , anllclpates a move soon to
Venezuela TawfiQ S. BOQari until March 1980
,was director of procurement for the Royal
Commission for Juball and Yanbu (Jubail
Prolect). Since leaVing Royal Commission, he
has taken control of the Eastern Province oper­alions
of the Prefabricated BUilding Co,
(MABCO) which has a current workload In
excess of $400 million He IS chairman of ARCO
Albert Cobetto has been promoted to director
of new bUSiness development, international
and laboratory bUSiness for the American
Hospital Supply Corp of Chicago. Bruno J.
Cornelio Jr. has moved to the Philippines With
Bank of America Charles Gracia IS a loan
officer In the Saudi Fund for Development,
public office for external aid, and liVing In Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia Michael D. Hennessey was
promoted to area manager - Latin America for
Blackmer pump diviSion of Dover Corp, in
Wyoming, MICh, and Will be making four one­month
triPS to South America dUring 1981
Steve R. Hering has become assistant vice
president In the international banking division
for First Bank Minneapolis In Minnesota Gary
Hurd and hiS Wife Emerenciana Menng Hurd,
who IS onglnally from the Philippines, have
moved to Sheridan, Wyo, where Gary IS em­ployed
by Burlington Northern Railway, Mark
J. Kerrissey IS the national sales manager for
Electrical Connections Co. In Houston, George
R. Knittel IS In the International diVISion of
Chase Manhattan Bank, Stephen J. Linney
is in the international division With Chase
Manhattan Bank, Leon Maynard is in the
corporate banking diviSion of Chase Manhattan
Bank Luis Molinar-Sanz, who IS the regional
marketing manager for the southeastern U.S
for Aerospatiale Helicopter Corp has been
assigned the additional sales responsibilities of
North and South Carolina and MeXICO. Michael
Brian O'Boyle has been promoted to assistant
vice president of the commerCial loan depart­ment
of Great Western Bank In Phoenix, Kohei
Ogawa recently wrote the Alumni Office that
he and hiS family are moving to New York from
Tokyo, He will be export manager for the New
York office of Hal Hai of Massachusetts, Inc,
Hal Hai is one of the foreign subsidiaries of
Klkkoman Corp, and exports Kikkoman
products made In the U.S, to Europe, the Canb­bean
Islands, the Middle East and some LaUn
American countries, He also reports: I still
remember my good memories of campus while
I was studying there, The things I learned at
AGSIM have helped me, I enjoy my international
bUSiness job," Brian O'Neill is In the'interna­tlonal
diVision With Chase Manhattan Bank
Robin Raborn has been apPOinted assistant to
Mr Stockman of the Office of Management and
Budget In Washington, D.C, Virginia Sher
Ramadan, who recently communicated With
Professor JoaqUin M Duarte Jr, writes of her
experiences since graduation, She loined the
Foreign Service and was assigned to Sao Paulo,
Brazil, then went on to TuniS, TuniSia, to study
Arabic She and her husband Walid Ramadan
now have a child so she IS currently on leave
of absence, Jack Schall IS the underWriting
manager for Foreign Credit Insurance ASSOCia­tion
In Atlanta, Ga W. John Short is vice presi­dent
resldente of Cilibank, N,A In ValenCia,
Venezuela, Annick Stevenson-Kerrest writes
that her husband John D. Stevenson IS still
working for Kurt Salmon Associates, as senior
consultant. Last year they traveled to Colombia,
Puerto RICO, Canada and MeXICO. They cur­rently
reside In Atlanta, Ga, Leslie Spector
Varkonyi is a financial analyst for Internalional
Planned Parenthood Federation, Western
Hemisphere Region, Inc, and lives in New York
City. Antonio R. Vidal, who is in Coral Gables,
Fla" has started his own marketing research
company specializing in hispanic markets in
the U,S, although the company, Inter-Americans
Marketing Group, also serves Latin and Central
America as well as the Caribbean David
Votruba IS a loan officer In the international
diVISion of the National Bank of Detroit In Michi­gan
Gerardo Yubero who writes that after
graduation, "my International career has taken
me to such diverse places as Rio de Janeiro,
New York, Caracas, Panama City and Los
Angeles In each of these places I fully appreci­ated
the unique skills that my Thunderbird
education afforded me: adaptability, leader­ship
and, most importantly, an understanding
of how to do business In different cultures,
Given the tense situation In the world today, It
is Increasingly Vital that these skills be acqUIred
and used by future international managers"
Yubero is currently the controller for B.D Fox
& Fnends, Hollywood, Calif,
CLASS OF '77
Basil Adams, who Will be a business develop­ment
and commercial lending officer with the
Bank of America Norwalk branch in Southern
California, is also an assistant vice preSident.
William M. Adams is in the international market­Ing
department of Texas Instruments, Houston
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
James Cracco, '77 Pam Gutman, '78
Lisha A. Allen Applegate has recently been
promoted by Multibanco Comermex in MexIco
City. Bruce H. Atterbury IS regional manager,
Pettiborx International Sales Corp., in Miami,
Fla. Joseph K. Bassi has been accepted into
IBM's 100 percent Club. Sarah M. Blodgett
has become an international Internal auditor
for Exxon and is working for Esso Inter-America,
Inc. , the Exxon affiliate for the Caribbean ,
Central and South America. Barbara Anne
Branaman is a market analyst for Exxon Enter­prises,
Inc. star systems division In Pasadena,
Calif. Lawrence Cates, who is living in Rich­mond,
Surrey, England, IS the manager of
regional financial planning for the UK, Europe
and Africa with Del Monte Corp Bob Childs
is a trust accountant for First City National
Bank of Houston. Elaine Wason Christiansen
and her husband Paul are living in Atlanta, Ga ,
where she is working with the financial planning
firm of Waddel and Reed , Inc. Her husband IS
an associate with Venturi Associates, Inc. and
has qualified for his commercial real estate
license. Carol J. Richard Cline is in the inter­national
divIsion with Chase Manhattan Bank
James A. Cracco was recently promoted to
finance manager, International operations
development, with Burroughs Corp , in Detroit
He was recently in central and east Africa In
order to restructure some of Burroughs' opera­tions
there. Anne L Cron works for FirstChicago,
the First National Bank of Chicago. Edward B.
Curry is In the international divIsion of Chase
Manhattan Bank, Nassau, Bahamas. Orlando
A. D'Avila-Colon is vice president, account
services/media of CSI Advertising In New York
and president of S.M.A. Advertising in Hato Rey,
Puerto Rico . He recen"tlY toured the AGSIM
campus Marilyn A. Fairley has been promoted
to international market manager with AT&T
International In Basking Ridge, N.J. Steve
Fullenkamp is in the International division of
Chase Manhattan Bank. Douglas W. Gardner
is in the international division of Chase Man­hattan
Bank. Sherry D. Greaves, who is work­ing
with CARE, Inc , in Port au Prince, Haiti,
writes: she IS "alive and well and living in Haiti,
having lived and worked In three countries in
three years with CARE (The Dominican Republic,
Chile and now Haiti). Planning to return to
Canada permanently during 1981 . Would
welcome any T-Birds who are in the area."
Randy Lee Hartshorn is in the international
division of Chase Manhattan Bank. Nausher
Khan is working for Onan in Roseville, Minn.
Peter A. Lamb is a junior foreign exchange
trader for Commerce Bank In Kansas City, Mo.
Barbara V. and David J. Loechel, who live in
La Grange, III, recently visited AGSIM. James
T. Lynch is in the international division of
Chase Manhattan Bank. W. Sanford Lynch Jr.
recently left the international sales group at
Advanced Micro-Devices to help found Compac
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Microelectronics Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif. The
company, according to Lynch, specializes in
the exporting of integrated circuits and computer
systems to the Far East. We are now looking
to open offices in Japan, Korea and Taiwan .
Richard " Rick" Marcum is the owner and
president of Camera Country Inc., and Wade­marc
Productions in Glendale and Litchfield
Park, Ariz. James M. McNamara is the director
of Proesa Producoes Esportivas Ltda. in Rio
de Janeiro. Roger Dean Mulkey is working in
the Baker Packers Division of Baker International
Corp. Scott Nation, who recently visited the
Alumni Office, is in sales for American Scientific
Products, a division of American Hospital Sup­ply
Corp , San Ramon, Calif. John C. Qua is in
the International division of Chase Manhattan
Bank. Ralph M. Della Ratta is the head business
development officer at the Luxembourg branch
of the American Fletcher National Bank of
Indianapolis He and his wife Rosalie Huntzinger­Della
Ratta, '76, live in Luxembourg. Donald
H. Silver is working at Resource t.dvisers, Inc.,
in Coral Gables, Fla. Masatoshi Tahira is the
product manager for Cutter Japan, Ltd , and
was recently transferred to Kobe, Japan J.
Gary Wellman has joined Bayview Realty Grou p,
Inc., in Tampa, Fla , as an associate specializing
in commercial and investment properties.
David C. Wiesley is in charge of the inter­national
development for Dallas Market Center,
Trammel Crow. Mohammed Nejib Ben Vedder
has recently become the new director of the
U.S. concern for I.e. Magazines (London) The
name of the US. office is I.C. Publications Ltd .
Chin Wah Ying, who is working in Singapore,
recently visited the AGSIM campus. Joseph J.
Yurgiewicz has accepted a position with the
International division of Mack Truck in Allen­town
, Pa.
CLASS OF '78
Douglass W. Alley was recently elected chair­man
of the Franklin County (state of Washing­ton)
Republican Central Committee Elizabeth
Barnes works for FirstChlcago, the First
National Bank of Chicago. John Ernest Beale
IS vice director for Chase Banco Internaclonal
S/ A In Rio de Janeiro. Curt F. Bloom IS an
internal auditor with United Brands Co . and lives
In Rego Park. N.Y. Michael J. Campi in has
recently become a market research analyst -
senior for System Development Corp, Santa
Monica, Calif. Constance "Connie" Chapman,
who IS working for Chemical Bank, was married
recently to Michael T. Dillon, who IS working
for Chase Manhattan Bank in Tokyo. Walid
Daniel is in London with Gulf and Western.
Jack De Gre Richer is the marketing director
for International Marketing Investment Services
in Mexico City. Henry Dirkmaat Jr. is in the
international division with Chase Manhattan
Bank. Frank Fitch is living in Houston and
working for Gulf and Western. Gilberto Carlos
Franquebalme Gilly is the manager of Europe
and Asia area in the international division
of Banca Serfin, s.a. In Mexico City Rick Griffin
was recently elected vice president at Fi rst
State Bank & Trust Co. of Houston. Pam Gut­man,
who recently left Chemical Bank in Miami,
IS currently working for Citibank in San Fran­cisco
as an account officer. Janes Neil Hanson
is now the consultant for materials handling for
the Swedish Trade Office in Southfield , Mich
Jane K. (Avery) Haskins IS an export account­ing
supervisor with International Harvester
in the construction equipment division In
Schaumburg , III. Ashok Jham is self-employed
in Miami, Fla ., running Jham International, an
import-export business. Garey A. Johnson is
the area marketing manager for Signetics Corp.
in Redwood City, Calif. Michael J. Johnson
works for FirstChicago, the First National Bank
of Chicago. Van D. Layman is CUI rently work­ing
for Cuna Mutual Insurance Group, selling
insurance to credit unions in eastern Washington
and eastern Oregon . Ming-Ching Lee is work­ing
for Citlbank in Taiwan 's Taipei branch. Tom
Martinez has been moved to the southern area
international department of the Arizona Bank
in Tucson , Arizona. Michael J. Marut IS in the
international trade finance division, documen­tary
services for FirstChicago, the First National
Bank of Chicago. Justin M. McCarthy, who
married Petra on Oct. 18, 1980, is working for
Gulf and Western, Energy Products Group,
South Bellaire, Tex. Milind P. Mokashi writes
he IS " still waiting for my assignment to Bogore,
Indonesia. In the meantime I am developing
our family agricultural land. Hoping to find some
agro-based project that I can start. There is
lots of business (exporting) of vegetables, food
grains and livestock from Bombay to the Middle
East. ·' Leo E. Peroni, who is living in Palos
Verdes, Calif. , is a marketing consultant for
Rapidata in Los Angeles. Ted Rectenwald is
with Catholic Relief Services In Kinshasa, Zaire.
Charles M. Reese is in the international market­ing
division of AAI International in England.
Jack Rock, who recently visited the AGSIM
campus, is a systems and procedures analyst
with Intel Corp in Hillsboro, Ore. William M.
Sabin is a representative for the Bank of Mon­treal
in MeXICO City Robert F. "Rob" Simpson
is a foreign exchange trader for Marine Midland
Bank in New Jersey. Kathryn A. Tucker is
working for Manufacturers Hanover Bank in
Milan, Italy Richard "Rick" Whritenour is an
International administrative marketing manager
for Johnson-Johnson Technicare in Cleveland ,
OhiO. Richard "Ric" Wilson IS an international
banking representative With First City National
Bank of Houston . C. Scott Wilson IS With the
energy banking office of First City National Bank
of Houston
CLASS OF '79
Farhad J. Arfa IS With the National Commercial
Bank In Riyadh , Saudi Arabia. Mohammed A.
Azab is with Cltibank In the United Arab Emir­ates.
Brian Ballard IS the area manager for
the Far East With Amphenollnternational Ltd .,
liVing in Hong Kong. Mary Baron writes from
the International School, Inc , In Manila, Philip­pines,
that they are enjoying 'our stay In the
Philippines and being involved In international
education .. getting a good chance to apply
all of (Professor) Bob Moran's best material."
Monica and Robert Berle are liVing In Milan ,
Italy, where Robert IS employed by Chase
Milan . John Starrett Berry has recently been
promoted to national sales manager for Gala­VISion,
the Spanish cable TV diVision of the
Spanish International Network. Daniel Boyce
works for FlrstChlcago, the First National
Bank of Chicago. Richard Eric Bredenberg,
who was recently honored as a "Purex manager
of the month," has traveled to East ASia and
the Middle East and is with the international
consumer division of Purex in Carson, Calif.
Rosemary Buck is the international marketing
director of Encyclopedia Britainica Educational
Movies in Chicago. Terry and John Burditt are
living In New York City where John is with the
Financial analysis group of Chase Manhattan
Bank. Ana Maria Cataldo and Miguel Sobrino­Porto,
who were married in June, 1980, in Rio
de Janeiro, are currently liVing In Miami, Fla .,
where the bnde IS working at Fargo Bank and
the bridegroom is a budget analyst With Schering
IS
Rosemary Buck '79 M Navar Gentry, '79
TransAmerica Corp. Jim L. Clyde is a sales
engineer, passenger car products, for Garrett
AIResearch Industrial DIvIsion He IS living
In Hawthorne, Calif. William R. Crow who was
married recently to Nancy Jean Chnstensen,
'80, is a marketing/sales representative for
Sea pac Container Service, Inc., In San Fran­cisco.
The couple resides In Walnut Creek,
Calif. Mary Jayne Dzvonic IS a credit analyst
for First City National Bank of Houston Michael
D. Erdmann recently vIsited the AGSIM campus
on his way to Sydney, Australia, for his work
as an international auditor, packaging and
forest products, with Owens-Illinois Since
graduation, Erdmann has worked In seven
countries Marco S. Fowlkes IS an accountant
with Mesa Petroleum Mark S. Francis IS a
management associate for Manne Midland
Bank, N.A., In New York City. Professor Joaquin
M. Duarte Jr. said he saw FrancIs recently at
a meeting of the Amencan Portuguese Society.
Elizabeth A. Golden IS an international collec­tion
representative for International Harvester
In Chicago. Sara Greenwood works at Gala­VISion,
the Spanish cable TV division of the
Spanish International TelevIsion Network, as the
director of marketing. Jane Hampson works
for FirstChicago, the First National Bank of
Chicago. Phillip Harward describes his new
job as being the first international Internal auditor
for the Directors Guild of Amenca - Producer
Pension and Welfare Plans in Hollywood, Calif.
He says he sets up procedures and programs
to audit movies and TV shows on behalf of the
directors' Interest. Tom Hobson is a grain
representative for Continental Grain in Fair­mont,
Mlnn Arthur Humphrey has been trans­ferred
to Nairobi, Kenya, as administrative
manager of Kenya Oilfield Services, Ltd. Ann
Huseman, who recently moved from Surrey,
England, to Racine, Wis., is with J I Case In the
home office. David M. Jackson IS a credit
analyst for First City National Bank of Houston
leo Kempczenski and his family have moved
to Salt Lake City, Utah, with Economics Labora­tory
of St. Paul, Minn. Peter lamberton is a
branch manager of the Columbus National
Bank of Rhode Island Jasna lisac recently
wrote. As one who remembers AGSIM fondly,
I wish to let you know what I am dOing
I recently completed the training program at
Continental Bank In Chicago and received my
permanent assignment. The assignment IS one
that most Thunderblrds dream of I Will be
working at Continental's branch In London as
a banking associate Mary and C. Henry
longmire are liVing In New York City where
Henry IS with Chase Manhattan Bank, in the
Middle East Banking Group Christopher H.
lundh is the European sales manager for
Gentex International, Inc., In Carbondale,
Penn. Patricia Mc Ardle-Fendrick was married
Sept 14, 1980, to Reed Fendrick In Glen Echo,
16
Phillip Harward, '79 Arthu r Humphrey III, '79 Stephen Orr, '79 Howard Rosenman, '79
Md. They are both foreign service officers and
have been assigned to the U.S. Embassy In
Pretona through 1984. The bride has been In
the Middle East section of the intelligence
bureau. "Very hectic this past year," she adds
Elizabeth Ann Mc Nary is an accountant with
Great Western Sugar Co. in Littleton, Colo.
Marth Navar Gentry has been elected banking
officer In the international department of Mer­cantile
National Bank at Dallas. She will handle
accounts in Mexico, Central Amenca and the
Cambean Kirk Norman IS working for Purex
In Carson, Calif., and was recently named
manager of the month." He is In the Interna­tlonallndustnal
division of Purex and has traveled
to Japan and Mexico. David Wayne Pinaire
has been transferred to Geneva, SWitzerland,
where he Will be the products analyst for parts
marketing of Caterpillar Overseas. Edward
Pomeroy IS export sales administrator of
Heath Co. in St. Joe, Mich. Emily Rayes works
for FirstChlcago, the First National Bank of
Chicago Howard N. Roseman, who is em­ployed
by Purex in Carson, Calif., recently was
honored as Rookie Manager of the Year' by
that company. Robert Roussel is living in
Brussels where he is with the American Inter­national
Group, nsk management. This February
Anne P. Saunders was appointed marketing
representative Rocky Mountain division, for
Chevron In Commerce City, Colo. Javier
Segovia is a development executive with the
planning department in the steel division of Alpha
Group, SA, Monterrey, Mexico. linda and
Paul Philippe Simonpietri are living in Cincin­nati
where Phil is working in the international
marketing group for Cincinnati Milacron. Fred
Stambaugh works for FirstChicago, the First
National Bank of Chicago. Jeff Vind IS working
for Dresser Atlas In Caspar, Wyo. Kimball
James Wells is In the international marketing
diVISion of Bamberger Chemicals
CLASS OF '80
Gtoria Barotta is an account executive in tele­communications
for Mountain Bell in PhoeniX
Tej L. Bembalkar, who is liVing In Houston,
IS self-employed in the export-import business.
Sharon L. Berl IS a credit analyst with the Bank
of the Southwest in Houston Steve Howard
Bernstein IS an Internal auditor with Schenng­Plough
Corp In Chatham, N.J. He reports he
will be traveling "mainly internationally" 50
percent of the time. Blair Bertram IS also in
Internal auditing with General Mills, Inc. In
Minnesota. David F. Brisco, who reports from
Whittier, Calif, that he is project administrator
for Bechtel Engineering, getting on-the-job
training which is directed toward a subsequent
project administrative assignment overseas
Juergen Brueckner is training on the job in
the international division of Westdeutsche
Landesbank Girozentrale in Dusseldorf, West
Germany. Elizabeth Buzard Burdette is a
personnel counselor for M. David Lowe Per­sonnel
Services in Houston Steve Calderwood
IS a corporate auditor for Host International
In Santa Monica, Calif. Brian S. Campbell, who
is working In New York City for Manufacturers
Hanover Trust, IS a management trainee, Inter­national
John F.A.N. Celiz is a management
trainee for Foremost-McKesson In San Fran­cisco.
Martha and Dave Chapman have moved
to Balboa, Calif Chapman has accepted the
position of management trainee in the inter­national
industries diVision of Purex Industries,
Inc He reports there are several other T-Blrds
working for Purex, which is located in Carson,
Calif Nancy Jean Christensen, who was
recently married to William R Crow, '79, IS a
traffic manager for the Amesco Division of
Commodex America Corp. In San FrancIsco.
The newlyweds are living In Walnut Creek,
Calif Vern Christensen IS a credit trainee with
the Texas Commerce Bank In Houston. Jim S.
Crawford IS working for AgnCo Chemical Co ,
which is part of the Williams group, in Tulsa,
Okla. Ross Croutet IS an assistant examiner
for the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, Texas.
Alain Cuissart de Grelle has been appointed
an assistant manager to Chile, international
distribution, for 20th Century Fox. Daniel R.
Dalton is working in the marketing department
of Antekna, Inc., which IS a subSidiary of Itek
Corp., in Mountain View, Calif. Catherine p,
De long is a credit analyst for Valley National
Bank in Phoenix. Eric Alexander Denniston
is a credit supervisor for Rockwell International
In Chicago. Jan-Henrik Dohlen is an inter­national
recruiter for Whittaker International
Service Co., in Copenhagen. He reports that his
boss IS aT-Bird - John Phillips, '76. John
Douglass IS a senor international personnel
analyst for Brown & Root in Houston. Valerie
Edgemon is a marketing specialist for Nelson
Electnc In Tulsa, Okla. She reports that she IS
In charge of the promotion of "oil switches
domestically and internationally, of training
representatives and of making special presenta­tions.
Jesse R. Erickson is a financial analyst
for Texas Commerce Bank in Houston. Kent V.
Erickson has rejOined the Grand Hotel Company
on Mackinac Island, Mich. William H. Fehr
has accepted a position as a sales representa­tive
with L&M Manufactunng in Phoenix. Paul
Fox IS working in Kawasaki, Japan, as a corres­pondent,
International sector, for Ebara Corp
Jonathan Franzheim is a financial analyst for
Morgan Guaranty Trust James E. Freer IS
manager of International operations for United
Industries Group, Inc, in Newport Beach, Calif
Marshal N. Gabin who lives In Denver, IS work­Ing
for Electronic Data Systems. Andre G.
Gazal has moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where
he has accepted a position as a management
trainee With Caterpillar Overseas, s.a. He will
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
be in Geneva for about six months, in the mar­keting
development section of the parts and
service department then will transfer to Peoria,
III., and eventually will be assigned to a location
in either Europe, the Middle East or Africa,
Ikebal Singh Gill is a financial analyst for
Occidental Petroleum Corp, Hooker Chemical
Division in Houston Peter B. Glance is an as­sistant
manager for Montgomery Ward In Hong
Kong, William W. " Biff" Green Jr. is a profes­sional
trainee in the international division of
BancOhlO National Bank In Columbus, OhiO,
Linda Louise Zangerile-Hahka IS working for
American Hospital Supply Corp, in Belgium,
Gordon Claire Hainstock is In the management
trainee program, Latin America regional office,
for the Bank of Nova Scotia In Toronto, Steven
L. Hall has accepted a posilion as a market­Ing
development trainee with Ihe Caterpillar
Tractor Company, Knut Haukebo is working
for the Vulkan Company in Oslo, Norway, as an
assistant manager Jean and Steve Hawkins
have moved to Los Angeles where he has
accepted a position as a writer With Business
Week MagaZine/McGraw-Hili World News. Juli
Jo Hawthorne IS an assistant merchanl trainee
for Cargill, Inc" In White Bear Lake, Mlnn
Karen Anne Henke IS a credit analyst for Manu­facturers
Hanover Leasing Corp, In New York
City, John A. Hill is a sales trainee for the
Caterpillar Tractor Company In Peoria, III
Maryann Hogan IS working for Contlnental­Illinois
Bank. Joe Howell lives In Dallas, Texas,
where he IS a credit analyst for Mercantile Na­tional
Bank Roberta Jacobs was recently
Interviewed by the San Jose Mercury News In
San Jose, Calif" about beauty, brains and busI­ness,
Wilen a~ked whether wumen executives
use sex appeal to climb the corporate ladder,
Jacobs responded This IS a chOice every
businesswoman has to make A woman does
NOT have to do It - but I've seen some women
who have been very successful at It I neither
condemn It or applaud It - but I haven t done
It. Mary Janovsky IS a management associate
for U.S, Steel In Pittsburgh, Penn She Will
eventually be Involved In foreign credit analYSIS
Katie Black Johnson IS self-employed as a
marketing consultant In the Dallas, Texas. area
William C. Keiper has continued to work With
the Phoenix law firm of Rawlins, Ellis, Burrus
& Kiewit as an attorney, Jim Knox, who is work­Ing
for CommerCial Metals Co In Dallas, Texas,
Will soon be moving to MexIco City Alain J-P
Labat has accepted a position as an Inter­national
trade speCialist with Versatec, a divlslon/
subSidiary of the Xerox Corp In Santa Clara,
Calif. HIs main territory will Include Canada
and to a lesser degree Latin America and ASla/
PacifiC. Bill Langford IS an associate auditor
with Sperry Corp, In Blue Bell, Pa Jeff Larsen
IS working as an account executive With the
insurance brokerage firm of Johnson & Higgins
In Monterey Park, Calif Lynne Larson IS a sales
representative for Hoelchst-Roussel in PhoeniX.
Kenneth E. Le Fevre Jr. IS an operations as­sociate/
planner with Lockheed Missiles and
Space Co, In Sunnyvale, Calif, which IS under
contract With the U,S, Department of Defense
fleet ballistic missiles system, Tracy Lerch
has accepted a position as a marketing analyst
With the electronics/communications group of
Motorola, Inc In Schaumberg, III. Nancy K.
Li IS office manager for Sang Tong Inc a food
company, In Toledo, OhiO, Steven K. Lo IS
administrative director of general operations
for Sang Tong , Inc In Toledo, OhiO. Susan
Mabes is a finanCial Associate for General
Telephone & Electronics Services. Virginia Lee
Manzer is an applications analyst with the Fed-
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
eral Reserve Bank of New York in New York
City, Scott MargOlin is a marketing represen­tative
with responsibility for the Far East In the
International consumer divIsion of Purex In
Carson, Calif. Andrew Chesley Marting IS a
cash grain broker with the firm of Pasternak,
Baum & Co" Inc. He has a seat on the St. LouIs
Merchants Exchange, Laurene Maxwell IS a
credit analyst trainee for First City National
Bank, Houston, John P. McKay Jr. IS currently
youth minister at Harvard Avenue Christian
Church In Tulsa, Okla, ThiS June he Will become
competition research analyst for Hlltl, Inc , also
In Tulsa, Okla, Robert Melcher is a staff as­sistant
for the advertiSing firm of SSC&B Inc
of New York, William M,J. Merkx IS working
for the retail firm of Orbachs, Inc" as an execu­tive
trainee In New York City, Christopher E.
Mennone has accepted a position as interna­tional
sales manager With Intermedlcs Intra­ocular,
Inc" optical lens manufacturer He and
his Wife Jean Will relocate to southern California,
Walter M. Mikitowicz IS an engineer for Moun­tain
Beilin PhoeniX, Jean Miller IS a manage­ment
trainee for the Bank of America Interna­tional
divIsion In Los Angeles Jill D. Miles IS
Involved with bUSiness development and project
monitoring for International Engineering Co"
San Francisco, Patricia Maria Mira IS advertising
coordinator for Latin America With the Parker
Pen Company In JaneSVille, WIS, Arman
Mohsen IS With the Aamstrand Corp, as assIs­tant
to the preSident for marketing , Michael
D. Monahan IS working In Copenhagen as
academiC director for the Experiment In Inter­national
LiVing Richard E. "Rick" Moore IS
living In Houston and working for Conoco as a
dish ibutron analyst. Mark Moran IS a marketing
representative for the Caterpillar Tractor Co,
Peoria, III Gertrude S, Muloli IS a marketing
executive With Dlversey Corp In Nairobi, Kenya
Carol J. Murphy IS a strategic planner for the
Smith Tool Company, a diVISion of Smith Inter­national
In IrVine. Calif Iqbal P. Nagji, who
lives rn Houston, IS an architectural deslgner/
draftsman for Heights Venture Shig Nakano IS
the product manager for Bell & Howell Japan,
Ltd In Tokyo Rona Neuneker IS International
marketrng coordrnator for the Alberto-Culver
Co In the Chicago area Mark F. Noggle IS a
sales trainee/i nternational marketing for the
SqUibb Corp He will spend 15 to 18 months
training In Pennsylvania belore assumrng an
overseas POSition In the PacifiC region. Paul
Howard Nordin IS a profeSSional sales repre
sentatlve for Ortho Pharmaceuticals, a dlVISIOll
of Johnson and Johnson In los Angeles. He
Will market drugs to phYSICians, hospitals,
cliniCS and Will be Involved In a mangement
development program which will lead to inter
national product management He and hiS Wife
laura live In laguna BeaCh, Calif Kevin Oakley
IS an Industrial relations trainee for Phillips
Petroleum In Oklahoma Harry R. Owens Jr.,
M,D., is an International Health Consultant for
Esperanca, Inc. and a staff phYSICian for the
Norton Sound Health Corp In Nome Alaska
Gaston Pacheco is a management trarnee for
OCCidental Petroleum Corp, Bollva Joaquin
Pericas Pages has accepted a position With RJ
Reynolds Tobacco International In Winston­Salem,
N C Jan E. Parsons IS an International
underwriter for Allstate Insurance Co George
Pearson IS a specialist In International dlstrr­butlon
for Cyprus-Amoco Industrial Minerals
Co, In Englewood, Colo. Joaquim Pericas IS
employed by RJ Reynolds Tobacco International
and IS living In Winston-Salem, N.C Giovanni
Pollastri IS an Internal auditor for the Plrelll
Tire Co. In Milan, Italy Mary Quist has accepted
a position with Cheeseborough Ponds In Green­wich
, Conn, She is working In the international
diviSion as a product manaqement assistant
Carol Rauschenberger IS In sales and market­Ing
for the JA, Preston Medical EqUipment
Co, Her sales territory will be Europe but she
will be based In the New Jersey/New York area,
Wendy F. Roberg IS a credit analyst for the
First Wisconsin National Bank in Milwaukee,
WIS, Landa C. Robillard IS an accountant for
Motorola/Semiconductor group, Gail Ruckel ,
who currently lives in Corona Del Mar, Calif.,
spent six weeks with an Arab family vacationing
In California and Hawaii, " I took care of the
children, played tennis every day, made reser­vations,
bought mink coats, etc" ' she writes
Now she IS working In the cost scheduling
department of Fluor Engrneers and Constructors
in southern California, planning a trip to France
thiS summer, William A. Sahlin IS a cost en­gineer
for Santa Fe International In Saudi
Arabia He IS Involved In the construction of a
$300 million petro-chemical project. L. Taylor
Simonin is a floor trader, management trainee
In commodity futures for Cargill Investor Ser­vices
In the Chicago, III area Susan Smith
has accepted a position With AFIA In the market­Ing
diVISion to assist In research, advertising
and public relations In New York City Warren
A. Solochek IS a client service supervisor for
the marketing research firm, Information
Resources, Inc George A. Sorenson is an
underwriter for a securities corporation He
reSides In Salt Lake City, Utah, Dianne L. "De
De" Slaydon Springer, who was marrred In
January IS liVing With her husband Wayne In
Whlttrer, Calif She IS the management analyst
for the Dlgltran Company, a diVISion of Becton,
Dickinson and Company, In Pasadena. Calif
Warren Solochek IS working With Information
Resources, Inc, a market research and con­sulting
firm, In Chicago Venkataraman
Sridaran, who IS liVing In St lOUIS, IS a pro­duct
marketing manager for General DynamiCs
Communications Co Lee C. Stinson has been
appOinted export sales administrator In Munich
West Germany, for Dale Electronics Stinson
and hiS Wife, Katie and son Perry Will be
livrng In Europe for the next several years Anita
Sur has accepted a job With First National Bank
of Chicago as an international department
trainee . Brooks Tigner IS assistant to the finan ­Cial
officer/controller with the Tolstoy Founda­tion
In New York City Michael J. Trombley IS
a Junior Internal auditor With the Pillsbury
Company In MinneapoliS Lillian Tung has JOined
the CIUbank Taipei branch In Taiwan She was
asked by a local university to write an article
about AGSIM Mark Unglaud, who said he
found the 'T-Blrd mystique alive and well in the
Bay Area, has been hired by United States
lines In Oakland, Calif, as a documentation
supervisor He IS liVing In Walnut Creek Calif
J.N.H. Van Aken IS an export manager trainee
With the Mondo MIX machinery company In The
Netherlands Linda J. Valentini, who was
milrrleO In Octol)er 1980 to ilttorney Rlchilro
M Fisher, IS employed by the Industrial Bank
In PrOVidence, R I., as an International credit
analyst. She and her husband reSide In New­port,
R I Michael Voris IS an International
auditor for Goodyear Tire & Rubber, based In
Akron, OhiO This summer he begins hiS Inter­national
aSSignment. Thomas M. Wells has
accepted a position With First City National
Bank of Houston In Houston where he and hiS
Wife Paula are currently reSiding H. Christine
White IS a marketing associate With General
Telephone and Electronics. She reSides In
lancaster, SC Bruce G. Wilcox IS working
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for Continental Bank in Chicago. Russell Wild
has been hired by the Maryland National Bank's
International division and resides In Baltimore,
Md. Tom R. Williams is working for United
California Bank In San FrancIsco in the officer
development program - credit. Jessalyn
Wilscam is in the loan officer training program
with National Bank of North Amenca in New
York City. Kazuhiro Yamana is an engineer
with the Mitsublshi Automobile Company in
Okazaki, Japan. George J. Yoshida is working
for Seagrams in San Francisco Edward " Fritz"
G. Zalak, Ph.D, IS working for Pacific Mutual
In Los Angeles Zohar Ziv IS an accountant
trainee with Getty 011 In Los Angeles
KEYMEN
Gilbert D. Herr, '69K, IS the vice preSident, crane
and excavator marketing for Koehnng Co. In
Milwaukee. Wis. Joseph J. Swing, 72K, IS the
director of marketing international, spicer heavy
truck marketing for Dana Corp .. In Toledo, OhiO
He writes' "We have Just returned to thiS country
after nine years In Europe Your key manager
French course helped us conSiderably
MARRIAGES
E.J. Dombroski Jr., 77, of Scottsdale, Anz , and
Pam Williams were marned thiS past winter
Joanne Martha Randall became the bride of
Michael Ahlstrom Dunlaevy, 71 , on Dec 6,
1980, In Locust Valley. Long Island, N Y
Dunlaevy IS a vice preSident of Bankers Trust
Co , In the international department. Jesse R.
Erickson,80, was marned to Patncla Anne
O'Loughlin on March 2 In Houston A reception
was held in May at the Lakeside Country Club
In Houston where the couple are making their
home. Terrence M. Esmay, 73. and Taeko
Kudo from Japan were marned thiS spring
Kimberly Anne Faller, '80, and Randall
Merwin Willard, '80, exchanged marriage vows
April 4 in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Pamela
Grant, '79 , and John C. Clark, '79, were married
on Nov. 8, 1980, in Elkhart, Ind ., and are cur­rently
living in CinCinnati, OhiO, where Clark IS
an International application engineer for Cin­cinnati
Mllacron Carolyn Katterjohn, 80, and
David Richard Perry, '80, were married In
December, 1980. Perry is working for Electronic
Data Systems In Dallas, Texas . Christine Marie
Kriegsies, '76, and Holland Anthony Elmore
were married Nov 15, 1980, In Minneapolis
and are currently liVing In Apple Valley, Minn
The new Mrs. Elmore is a loan officer for First
National Bank of Minneapolis. Margaret Marie
Mc Alpine, '80, was married Dec. 19, 1980,
to Stephen Cary Drew of East Greenwich , R.I
The couple was married In Tucson , Ariz. Cathy
Jeanne Miller, 77, and DenniS E Condon
were married Oct 18, 1980, In California. The
new Mrs. Condon IS presently employed by 3M
Company In San FranCISco. Paula Anne Gold­blatt
and Randal G. Pearson, '74 , were married
Feb. 15 in Andover, Mass Pearson IS a repre­sentative
In corporate banking With the Bank
of Nova Scotlas New York agency Mary Vonice
Satre,80. became the bnde of Robert W.
Kerwin, '80, In February. Elizabeth Schwartz,
'80, and Toufie Hamaoui, '80, were married
Oct. 26, 1980, In Beirut, Lebanon, and are
currently reSiding in Dallas, Texas Dianne L.
"De De" Slaydon, '80. was married to Wayne
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Springer thiS past January In Houston. The
bride, who along with her husband, received her
M.BA degree through AGSIM 's joint program
with Southern Methodist University, writes'
"Tons of T-Birds were there (at the wedding
reception in Houston). It was a T-Bird/SMU
reunion for sure!" Raedene and Steve Vanden
Heuvel, '78 , were married this January
BIRTHS
A girl, Jamiliah Mane, to Casandra and Fleming
EI Amin, '77 , In Winston-Salem, N.C. A son ,
Takayukl, born Feb. 12 to Mr and Mrs. Shuji
Aoyama, 79 , In Yokohama, Japan. A girl,
Teresa Mane, born Jan. 3 In Houston to Seung
Ha Hwang, '76, and Virginia K. Cazeault, '76.
A son , Osman Hassan, born late December
1980, to Jill and Hassan Dana, '77 , of New
York City A daughter, Allison Elizabeth, to
Lewis and Joy Willeford Lucke, '77 , on Jan
26, In Austin , Texas. A boy, Miles Mason, born
Feb 20, to Suzanne Miles and Robert H.
Mason, 78. Chnstlne and Kevin M. Me Linden,
77 , announce the birth of their daughter, Molly
on May, 1980 A son, Youhel, born June 3
1980, to Hatsue and Yasuo Miura, '79 , In
Japan Sharon M and Edward "Ted" R. Newill
of CinCinnati, Ohio, announce the birth of their
daughter, Megan Elizabeth, on Nov 24, 1980
NeWill is the territory manager for Amencan
Heyer-Schulte Corp , In Goleta, Calif
DEATHS
A Naval bunal at sea In the Gulf of MeXICO out
of New Orleans was conducted thiS spnng for
Jack D. Wilkins, 49, who died Jan 30 In a
Galveston, Texas, hospital Mr WilkinS, 57 , who
was a graduate of Oregon State University, was
owner and preSident of United Media Represen­tatives
and represented several boating and
manne publications. He began hiS bUSiness
career With the Oregon Journal and was later
employed by Sunset magazine. Dunng World
War II, the T-Bird was a Naval officer and com­manded
the USS LCT 892 in the PaCific Theater
of Operations Mr Wilkins IS survived by hiS
wife Caroline, a son and a daughter The family
suggests contnbutions be made to the Amen­can
Cancer Society. Fred A. Kempt III, '50,
died Jan. 29 of Lou Gehng's disease He had
been liVing In St. Petersburg , Fla. Raymond
Grover Luchsinger, '51 , who was suffering
from cancer, passed away more than one year
ago, Jan. 23, 1980. He had been a Lockheed
executive for the past 18 years He was wntten
up In the Los Angeles Times which remem­bered
him as being a member of the UCLA
basketball team, letterman on coach John
Wooden's first squad in the season 1948-' 49.
Mr LuchSinger also played on the champion­ship
Los Alamitos Navy team He IS survived
by his son and wife Bunny John Earl Rickert,
Ph .D., '53, died Feb 17 at hiS home In Egg
Harbor City, N.J He was 57 The T-Bird re­ceived
hiS master's degree from Rutgers and a
doctorate degree from Clark Univer

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1 International Terrorism
T-Bird Kenneth J. Miller, '49, and others discuss the wave of
terrorism hitting multinational corporations
5 Special Report
T-Bird Rak Hun Choi, '75, and others eye Japanese Quality
Control Circles
6 News
Busy professors of AGSIM; a world of students
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Que Pasa
Update
What T-Birds are doing where
20 Focus on the Pub
AGSIM's Pub to celebrate its 10th anniversary
THE THUnDERBIRD
Volume 80, No.4
Quarterly magazine of the Alumni Office
of the American Graduate School of International Management,
Glendale, Ariz. 85306.
Director and Publisher:
Editor:
Special Correspondent:
Staff:
Photographers:
Graphic Design:
Front Cover:
Editor's Note:
Thomas R. Bria
K. Jean Gilbert Hawkins
AIIlch
Catherine Benoit, Jan Burlingham, Donna
Cleland, Steve L. Hawkins, Kathleen
MacDonnell, Mary Motz, Terry Delaney,
Sonya Varea and Gregory Whitehorn
Daniel Paseiro, Rene D. Pfalzgraf
Pat Kenny, Gray Day Graphics, Phoenix,
Ariz.
AGSIM's new classroom building, photos by
the Producers, Inc.
The domestic and international list of contacts (resource persons and Alumni
Association representatives) will appear in the next issue of "The Thunderbird." Until
then, the names of these alumni are available from the Alumni Office.
Slides on AGSIM
AT-Bird Presentation
You hear music, foreign languages,
laughter. Then you see faces - some
familiar, others worldly.
Sights and sounds of the American
Graduate School of International
Management woven together into a
quick and colorful slide presentation
by Judi Victor and her crew from The
Producers, Inc., of Phoenix.
There are three slide shows available
- a general themed one, one dealing
with student recruitment and the third
for alumni. The general presentation
is available from Sonia Thurmond
in Communications; however, for
alumni interested in showing the
alumni slides to a T-Bird gathering, Tom
Bria, Alumni director, should be con­tacted.
Thurmond suggests persons in­terested
in reserving the seven-minute
alumni slide show for a group presenta­tion
should allow plenty of time for
the slides to be sent, as well plan on
insuring the slides. The package will
come with carousel and tape, but
Thurmond says the group should re­serve
a Singer Caramate 3200 in their
area because a projector doesn't
come with the package.
"It's a great introduction to alumni
who haven't visited campus lately,"
enthused Bria.
As the slide presentation shows, the
Thunderbird mystique has come a
long way.
International Terrorism:
The Way of the World?
By K. Jean Gilbert Hawkins
Editor's Note: Terrorism now touches
everyone - not just the hostages'
families and friends while their loved
ones were being held in Iran, but a
world when the President of the United
States is shot. And the American
Graduate School of International
Management, when one of our T-Birds
is kidnapped in Guatemala. (See story
on Clifford N. Bevens, '50, page 3.)
Terrorists spell fear for intefnational
executives, their families and their em­ployers.
Terrorists threaten a system.
Terrorists are willing (and often eager)
to kill for the mere impact on society.
"Multinational corporations indeed
seem to provide the ideal targets for
terrorists for three main reasons/'
explains Ken~eth J. Miller, '49, in his
paper "Terrorism and the Multination­al,"
for the MIBS program, College
of Business Administration at the
University of South Carolina.
One, he claims, is the bad publicity
given to the multinationals on the part
of Communist and 'non-aligned' gov­ernments,
left-wing political parties,
'public interest' groups, and even
certain elements in the church, which
serve to encourage terrorists to attack
them. Two, the vulnerability of multi­nationals
to terrorist attacks since
these do not normally possess the
coercive or security apparatus at the
disposal of governments. And, three,
because MNCs are most likely to give­in
to terrorist demands since they
are not subject to the same political
pressures as other centralized social
institutions, according to Miller.
While this T-Bird states in his paper
there isn't a clear definition of terrorism,
other writers have attempted to define
terrorism by means of comparing such
action to other kinds of subversion.
Author L. Hazleton in Harpers maga­zine
writes: "It is still true that 'by their
actions you shall know them.' Those
who take civilians hostage and kill
or threaten to kill them are neither
guerrillas nor commandos, but terror­ists.
Those who place bombs in market­places
are terrorists. Those who batter
children to death are terrorists."
Hazleton recites the maxim "he is a
terrorist, you are a guerrilla, I am a
freedom frighter." And Miller adds:
"It might even be said that one man's
terrorist is another man's patriot."
For example, in many eyes, the Iran­ians
who took the Americans hostage
at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and
threatened them, would be considered
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terrorists by this definition. Yet by
their fellow countrymen they are also
pEobablYJ:u!1:Ied as patriots.
This is not just an example of terror­ism,
but of what is considered "third
country terrorism." According to Miller,
such terrorism is an incident which
occurs in one country, aimed at a second
country by a group of terrorists from
a third country.
Who Are They?
...... I<>'w that terrorism has been defined,
one wonders who are these so-called
terrorists doing the terrorizing? Do
they belong to a specific geographic
area of the world; are they all grouped
into an elite brother- and sisterhood?
According to the April '80 issue of
USA Today, it is estimated that "the
world has about 3,000 terrorists
grouped into about 50 organizations
. . . There may be an equal number
of supporter;s. Four or five groups
amounting to about 200 terrorists -
Germans, Italians, Palestinians and
Japanese - constitute the primary
transnational threat, but they are the tip
of the iceberg, the action corps. The
200 have trained together in Cuba,
Lebanon, Libya and North Korea. Their
weapons are supplied by communist
bloc countries, particularly Czech­oslovakja.
Most frightening of all, they
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have lost their political identity, hav­in
become increasingly nihilistic. One
heed only scratch the surface of their
espoused Marxism t() find their tTl,le
purpose: destruction ()f the establish­ment,
whatever government is in
power ... "
The New York Times Magazine from
Nov. 2, 1980, corroborates this find­ing:
It has been "suggested that the
Soviet Union has notably increased
its support for one national liberation
movement, the P.L.O., which has be­come
a coordinator of many interna­tional
terrorist groups as well as a
revolutionary vanguard in the Middle
East."
There are differing philosophies
about the Soviets' involvement in
terrorism, some positive, others nega­tive.
One interesting opinion was
offered by C. Horner in the June '80
issue of Commentary:
"Soviet help in bringing them (the
world's terrorist organizations) to a
higher state of development and matur­ity
will surely be welcomed by some
as the way to restrain terrorism. One
may have to pay the price for securing
Soviet cooperation, of course, but that
price may come to be seen as far
lower than the price of dealing with
individual and small groups lacking
in discipline. Indeed, one feels that this
is what the Soviets hope and expect,
which is why they may have gotten
into the business in the first place."
As it is now, the Central Intelligence
Agency released statistics to the U.S.
News & World Report last June, and
called the high death toll "especially
aiarmir).g.'''Wllile the numbers were for
1979, the totals were, nevertheless,
chilling: Western Europe was the loca­tion
of the most de-aths (1,267) by
terrorist attacl(j Lati.B America was
second, with 861 deaths; North Africa!
Mideast, 531; Nmth America, 318;
Sub-Saharan Africa, 124; Asia, 197;
Oir personal histories, such as medi­cal
background, nicknames, military
experience, hobbies, social activities.
Some individuals go to great expense
in order to avoid a terrorist attack,
according to an article in World Press
Review excerpted from "Le Matin" of
Paris: "Recruits (with Saladin Security,
Ltd., in London) must learn the history
of international terrorism - both
criminal, like that of the Mafia, and
political - and to know all about the
major terrorist organizations, their
methods and their preferred areas of
action. Their job is to keep our clients
from being killed; that is more impor­tant
than capturing or killing the
terrorists," reports Rolo Watts of Sala­din
Security.
Automobiles become "fortresses on
wheels, equipped with bullet- and
grenade-proof armor, unbreakable
windows, fireproof gas tanks, bullet­proof
tires, radar, electronic sensors
to detect tampering and automatic
locking systems for doors and win­dows."
The cost for such vehicles ranges
from $150,000 to $250,000; a Saladin
bodyguard costs $600 per 24 hours,
but the price increases for specific
people and situations. The article
T-Bird Kidnapped
in Guatemala
"We feel sure you understand that
because of the delicate situation in
Guatemala, we are not making any
comment on this kidnapping. However,
we have confirmed to the press that
Cliff Bevens ('50) was kidnapped from
his home on December 7. Beyond that,
we have refused to provide any in­formation.
"We have promised to advise the
many people who have requested infor­mation
details of Cliff Bevens' release
when it is known. We are hopeful
this problem will be satisfactorily
resolved."
Trevor C. Hoskins
Director, Public Relations
Goodyear International Corporation
EDITOR'S NOTE: Clifford N.
Bevens, '50, U.S. manager of the Good­year
Tire & Rubber Co.'s Guatemalan
subsidiary was kidnapped Dec. 7,
1980. At press time, we had no further
information about this situation.
makes it very clear that such services
are definitely for millionaires only.
Prevention IS a good step tow.uJ
stopping a terrorist group, but what
does the company do, once a kidnap­ping
has occurred; and what does the
victim do to prevent minimal physical
harm?
D Captivity
sychiatrists have outlined fairly
standard stages of hostage reactions
during captivity," according to an
article in the May 17, 1980, issue of
"Science News." "After the initial shock,
disbelief and denial give way to reality,
(when the victim may become hyster­ical),
then a form of traumatic depres­sion
(often called the 'I am stupid' phase)
characterized by apathy or rage and
other symptoms such as insomnia.
Somewhere along the line, the victim
may come to identify with the captor
to make feelings of fear and dependency
less frightening."
Meanwhile the terrorists are probably
negotiating with a company or with
the world in general, recalls Diane .
Cole, who was one of 135 persons
seized by the Hanafi Muslims in their
armed take-over of three Washington,
D.C., buildings in March 1977:
"Terrorists are like pirates. They
hold their prisoners for ransom, while
they barter with the world and the
world's conscience. Make no mistake
about it - they trade in lives. Once
you are seized, you are no longer a
person, only a body. Your value lies
in the fact that you breathe - and
therefore may be killed."
Corporations realize that fact, ac­cording
to Miller, who again outlines
three focal points to utilize during the
crisis handling portion of a terrorist
attack. He cautions that the primary
objective is to get the executive-victim
back alive and to avoid a panic situa­tion.
He suggests, one, an action plan
which pre-determines who will be in
charge and who will be contacted.
Second, Miller lists the importance
of a crisis team, limited in number and
coordinated by a team leader. External
assistance will be essential, Miller
emphasizes his third point by stating,
"you will need all the help and support
you can get, and this needs to be set
up in advance."
If all goes well, once the victim is
returned safely, there is still work to
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be done, according to Miller's prescribed
post event handling of a terrorist
attack.
First, the victim will go through a
debriefing session because the authori­ties
will want to know as much about
the captors as possible for future refer­ence.
Then, second, it must be deter­mined
whether the victim has suffered
medically or psychologically. Third,
the company will decide whether the
employee should be reassigned his or
her same position in the same country.
And, fourth, there will be many liabil­ity
questions to be answered such as
how the stockholders and the family
react to this situation.
Miller, who recently retired as the
operations manager, international
division, for Sears, Roebuck & Co., and
either visited or lived in several coun­tries,
concludes by reminding corpor­ate
employees:
"There is no guarantee at all against
kidnapping/extortion, unless one is
content to live indoors, 24 hours per
day, with bodyguards and electronic
protection devices. Nevertheless, it is
possible to make yourself a 'hard'
target compared to the executive of
another company ...
"Keep a low profile, be completely
unobtrusive," he advises, "be unpre­dictable,
AND STAY ALIVE AND
FREE!!"
Preventing ... Or Surviving a Kidnapping
Two films were shown in the AGSIM
Auditorium in conjunction with the
Speakers Committees program on
international terrorism during the
spring semester. One 2S-minute film
was entitled "Kidnapped Executive­Style"
and the other, of similar
duration, suggested ways to survive a
hostage situation.
Three hypothetical situations were
described in the first film - one man
was abducted at a roadblock; an execu­tive
was tricked by a woman alongside
her disabled vehicle which had been
parked along the route he routinely
drove to work; another banker, who
had not heeded threatening letters, was
kidnapped by the letter writer as the
banker entered his chauffeur-driven
limosine.
• The first situation, which ended
in death for the businessman, pointed
out the importance of going along with
the potential captors under the circum­stances
rather than bolting for freedom.
• In the second incident, the execu­tive
should have avoided a fixed route
to work and picking up a hitchhiker.
However, this person survived the
kidnap because he kept his cool. When
calling his employers to arrange for
ransom money, he used a code pre­arranged
by his company. If a corpora­tion
has established a policy when
dealing with terrorists, the employees
should be well-aware of such policies
and procedures.
• "Nutty" letters are often written
by mentally and emotionally disturbed
persons and should be turned over to
experts by the recipients of such
mail. The banker in the third example
didn't do this, but was lucky to survive
by overpowering the crackpot, with
the help of his chauffeur. Letters of such
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a nature, according to the film, can be
traced by postal zones. This fact could
aid the investigation of kidnap or other
wild threats.
The second film focused on an
executive who was held hostage. The
security at his company had requested
its employees to report their habits
and usual routes taken to work so the
security staff could protect them. The
executive had failed to remember his
practice of stopping to buy fresh vege­tables
at a small farm house in the
spring. His captors, however, were
aware of this habit - and kidnapped
him as he was returning with his
purchases to his sports car.
The executive's wife, who knew her
husband's habits, notified security
when he failed to return for dinner.
Meanwhile, he was being transported
by car to an unknown location. Al­though
he was understandably fright­ened,
the executive reported trying
to remain as observant as possible. He
felt anger, frustration and fear during
this first stage of the kidnapping. He
realized that his captors knew his life­style
so he tried to guess what they
would do with him, what they wanted
from his company or his country.
The man also remembered the sug­gestion
to attempt to establish a rapport
with the kidnappers. However, he was
placed in a stuffy attic of a vacant home
by himself. At this stage he felt hope­less,
dependent and alone for he had
no contact with the outside world,
not even with the captors. He tried
to remain calm, to listen for familiar
or unfamiliar sounds and to tell time.
While he was held in the attic, he
determined that he would try to sur­vive
the situation, to set goals and to
learn as much as he could about his
captors.
He was later taken to another loca­tion,
a "cage" in a basement. There
he at least was in contact with the
people holding him hostage. He re­membered
the advice to treat the
woman kidnapper like one of the men.
He asked his guards questions about
themselves but avoided controversial
topics such as politics, etc.
During this stage, he became deter­mined
to work on his mental and
physical condition. His food was ter­rible,
but he decided to eat what he
could; he also developed an exercise
routine. For his mental stability, he
tried to avoid thinking about emotional
subjects, such as his family, and con­centrated
on keeping track of time and
worked out a daily routine, including
cleaning his "cage." He would discuss
some topics with his captors, he asked
for a pen and paper. He mentally in­vented
a new product, developed mar­keting
strategies - all to avoid
boredom.
The hostage realized that his com­pany
didn't give out Purple Heart
awards for courage so he didn't try
to be a hero and attempt an escape.
However, after about five weeks in
captivity he began to feel anger toward
the outside world; he wondered why
no one had attempted to rescue him,
why he had no word from his family .
Just at this stage he was yanked
mysteriously from his "cage" and
thrown into the captors' car and they
raced off to an unknown destination.
The kidnappers eventually ran into a
police roadblock and immediately
dashed from the car, leaving the
executive blindfolded and tied - but
free - in the backseat of the auto­mobile.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Japanese Quality Circles: Will They Work in U.S.?
By Al Ilch
AMA Staff
During the post World War II era,
the label "Made in Japan" usually
denoted an inferior, shoddy product. In
a relatively short time, however,
Japanese products have become univer­sally
respected for their high quality
and competitive prices. US. business,
as it now struggles to combat an
alarming decline in productivity and
product quality, must contemplate why
Japan has been so successful and what
the US. can learn from the Japanese.
The seeds of Japan's success with
quality control were planted during the
reconstruction period following World
War II. Ironically, it was two Ameri­can
quality control experts, Dr. J .M.
Juran and Dr. W.E. Deming, who intro­duced
modern quality control tech­niques
to the Japanese. A quality
control prize, named after Deming, is
now one of the most prestigious
awards in Japanese industry.
As Japan was investigating ways
of improving its quality control meth­ods,
the concept of Quality Circles
emerged.
A Quality Circle, which encourages
workers to participate in the manage­ment
process, is a group of up to 10
employees from the same work area
who meet each week to find solutions
to work related problems. In a paper
presented to an American Management
Associations/International program
on Japanese quality control techniques,
John Mihalasky reported that the
Circles focus not only on quality prob­lems
but also deal with" ... problems
of productivity, housekeeping, product
safety and training."
Mihalasky, professor of Industrial
Engineering at New Jersey Institute of
Technology, points out that "most of
the work is done on the member's own
time, at home or in the plant, although
some companies provide and pay for
one to two hours per month." Solutions
to problems are presented to the ap­propriate
management level for imple­mentation.
If a suggestion is accepted,
an award - often money, a vacation or
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
excursion - is presented to the whole
group.
Can Quality Circles work in the
US.? A major difference between
American and Japanese industrialists
is that Americans worry about the cost
of quality while the Japanese believe
that quality is an income producer in
the long run. US. businesses are often
concerned with fast profits, while
Japanese firms are more interested in
the long range benefits of solidifying
their market position.
One reason for the differences is
that many Japanese companies are
owned by banks, not shareholders. The
banks in Japan, according to a recent
TIME magazine article, " ... are less
interested in short-range dividend in­creases
than in seeing their firms' profits
reinvested to ensure future growth."
Despite the many differences in cul­ture
and business philosophy between
Japan and the US., many experts believe
the Quality Circle concept can catch
on in the US. One such expert is
AGSIM graduate Rak Hun Choi, '75,
director of the Technology Transfer
Institute in New York. Choi feels
Americans are becoming increasingly
interested in the concept. TTl, which
facilitates the transfer of technology
among nations, has been running
monthly study missions to Japan to
learn about Quality Circles and other
Japanese business techniques. An
average of 20 representatives of major
US. corporations sign up for each trip.
Choi says such companies as West­inghouse,
Lockheed, IBM, TRW and
Hewlett-Packard are using Quality
Circles. He believes the concept, with
modifications for cultural differences,
have universal application because
"People are people all over the world.
They should be treated as people and
not as machines." By integrating
previously proven successful business
methods with fresh ideas, such as the
Quality Circle concept, from abroad,
the US. may well begin to reverse the
trend of declining productivity and
product quality.
Dr. John Mihalasky and Rak Hun
Choi are among several experts who
have been important participants in the
popular AMA/International courses
on Japanese Quality Control and
Quality Circles. The next program is
scheduled for Chicago, August 4-5.
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Techniques in U.S. Industry.
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Expert Proposes Terrorism
Prevention
Saba Shabtai, the author of "Five
Minutes to Midnight" who spoke to
about 100 individuals in February as
part of the Speakers Committee's pro­gram
on terrorism, claimed that many
times a terrorist's act can trigger a
reaction that is far more consequential
to our lives than the initial action. (See
lead article, page 2.)
For example, Shabtai who was born
in Israel, said the western world has lost
four democracies in one decade as an
indirect result of terrorism. Those
countries he listed were Uruguay,
Argentina, Lebanon and Turkey.
He explained there are two schools of
thought about international terrorism:
one school, he said, "tends to maximize
the significance of danger and the
threat of international terrorism." The
second school of thought, he con­tinued,
"says all this is rubbish ...
nothing more than a mosquito bite."
Those belonging to the second school,
he said, compare the number of deaths
by terrorist action to the number of
homicides and conclude there is no
comparison.
However, Shabtai noted, according
to the first school of thought, from
1968 to 1980 there has been a "2,000
percent increase of the number of
people killed as a result of international
terrorism." They then conclude by that
statistic that international terrorism is
a major threat.
Shabtai, who said he subscribes to
neither school of thought, however, re­marked
"the media is biased vis a vis
terrorist stories ... the media acts as
a selective magnifying glass."
Despite that belief, about the media's
reaction to a terrorist action, the
speaker said terrorism should be taken
seriously for what it signifies: The loss
of freedom, when the military over­reacts
to a situation; a tightening of
world oil distribution, when U.S.
hostages were seized in Iran and when
Iran and Iraq went to war.
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Saba Shabtai
He said he is afraid that sooner or
later the terrorists will have the power
of mass destruction because they could
steal from or take over a nuclear plant.
Shabtai emphasized his fear is not one
of being destroyed as a result of their
ability to commandeer a nuclear power
plant- but of the psychological re­action
to such an action.
He said he fears that as a result of the
reaction to such a terrorist nuclear
threat, the people of a particular
country will give power to the military
of that country in a psychological
attempt to guarantee safety within
their boundaries.
To prevent this reaction, Shabtai
proposed four ways to cope with inter­national
terrorism in the '80s; "Four
things which must be done concur­rently
if we are to eliminate or mini­mize
the problem of international
terrorism in the 1980s," he said.
His suggestions: One, educate the
American public of what terrorism is
and what can be done to combat it.
He cautions, a country "can't always
buy its way out, sometimes it has to
sacrifice, to suffer casualties, it can't
always fight with yellow ribbons."
Two, he says, "We must have effective
intelligence services to pre-empt acts of
terrorism before they take place ...
intelligence needs to be developed now,
while there is no panic with the
legislature ... "
His third suggestion was the "U.S.
must develop a highly effective-pro­fessional
almost - counter-terrorist
force." And fourth, he said there must
be more cooperation between our
allies, the democratic members of the
United Nations.
A World of Students
Two-hundred-seventy-one students
from 58 countries attended the spring
semester at the American Graduate
School of International Management.
The country with the most students
representing their home-land was
Japan; 39 T-Birds this spring semester
were from Japan. There were 22 stu­dents
here from the Netherlands.
From those high numbers, the next
country most popularly represented
was France with 13 T-Birds attending
the spring semester. An even dozen
came from each of India, Norway and
Venezuela. Eleven students represented
Mexico and 10 students came from
Brazil.
Taiwan (the Republic of China) and
Korea both are represented by nine
students. There are eight students here
from Canada and seven students from
both the Philippines and Spain. Six
students are from Hong Kong while
five students each came from Colombia,
Peru and Sweden.
The People's Republic of China,
Malaysia, the Ivory Coast and the
United Kingdom all sent four students
each to represent their countries.
Seven countries are represented
by three AGSIM students each: Egypt,
Finland, Honduras, Iran, Nicaragua,
Pakistan and Turkey. A pair of stu­dents
came from each of these coun­tries:
Argentina, Austria, Bolivia,
Burma, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon,
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and
Zaire.
One adventurous person came from
each of these following countries, to
enroll at AGSIM: Bangladesh, Belgium,
Ecuador, Gabon, Federal Republic of
Germany, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel,
liberia, Libya, Morocco, Panama,
Paraguay, Portugal, Singapore, Uru­guay,
Vietnam and Yugoslavia.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Expert Discusses
Technology Transfer
The chairman of the Department of
Political Science at the University of
New Orleans spoke this spring to about
50 individuals in the AGSIM auditor­ium
about appropriate technologies.
"The transfer of technology has
become an emotional and political
issue," said Dr. Werner Feld, who is
the author of many books including
the most recent "Multinational Corpor­ations
and u.s. Politics."
Feld traced the involvement of the
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development with appropriate
technologies. In the mid-'70s, he said,
a working group was organized through
the process of negotiations "by devel­oping
as well as developed countries
to discuss the gap from what the third
world wanted and the rest of the world
was ready to give."
"Consequently November 1975
brought about a gradual closing of the
gap between the two parties." In 1980,
he continued, a draft convention was
drawn up by this group as to the prin­ciple
for a code of conduct for tech­nology
tranc;fers.
The most difficult issue dealing with
a code of conduct, he stressed, is the
legal character of such a system. Other
questions involve restrictive business
practices and applicable laws - na­tional,
international - regarding
application of such a code of conduct,
he explained.
AGSIM to Host Conference
The Annual Conference of the Rocky
Mountain Council for Latin American
Studies will be hosted by AGSIM next
February. About 150 to 200 people
will attend the panels dealing with
language, business and economics.
John G. Conklin, Ph.D., professor
from AGSIM's International Studies
Department, is president of RMCLAS
for the 1981-82 year.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
Department Data
The three departments report news
o~ the pro~essors keeping busy, attend­ing
conferences in Florida, Seattle,
Wash., Scottsdale, Ariz., and other
localities. Books are also being authored.
The exchange between the Beijing
Institute of Foreign Trade and AGSIM
continued this spring; students are
planning to participate this summer.
At least two professors have received
research stipends. All in all, it's been
a busy semester.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DE­PARTMENT:
Beverly J, Springer,
Ph.D., has been awarded a National En­dowment
for the Humanities summer
stipend. She will travel to Brussels to
work on the project entitled "The
European Trade Union Confederation
and Co-determination: The Fate of
Post-industrial Values in Post Affluent
Europe."
She is also planning to travel to
London, Paris and Rome.
John G. Conklin, Ph.D., attended
a meeting of the Rocky Mountain
Council for Latin American Studies in
Las Cruces, N.M., in February and
delivered a paper entitled "Prospects
for Economic Relations between
Mexico and Japan." Conklin was elected
president of the group for 1981-82.
He also delivered a paper, "Trade Re­lations
between Latin America and
Japan: Patterns and Prospects," before
the annual meeting of the International
Studies Association, on March 16 to
23 in Philadelphia.
Karl P. Magyar, Ph.D., served as a
panelist at the meeting of the Western
Association of Africanists in Colorado
Springs, Colo., in March. He discussed
"Africa: Responses in Rural Ecology
and Economics." In April, Magyar
talked about "Investment Opportuni­ties
in Nigeria" at the Second Annual
Conference of International Trade
and Finance at the Center for Inter­national
Development at Texas South­ern
University in Houston.
Richard D. Mahoney, Ph.D., who
taught at the Beijing Institute of For­eign
Trade this winter, is publishing
a book entitled "Kennedy and Africa"
through Oxford University Press. This
book, according to Mahoney, deals with
declassified White House files.
Robert T. Moran, Ph.D., will also
be teaching at the BIFT this May for
18 days.
His book entitled "Managing Cultur-al
Differences" co-authored with Philip
R. Harris, Ph.D., will be translated into
Japanese, Moran reports. The second
volume, "Managing Cultural Synergy,"
will be published in September by Gulf
Publishing Company. As part of the
two-book package, six video tapes on
the theme of managing cultural dif­ferences
have also been produced by
Gulf Publishing Co. The tapes focus on
the cosmopolitan manager, transna­tional
managers as cultural change
agents, transnational managers as
intercultural communicators, under­standing
cultural differences, family
relocation coping skills and improving
the productivity of international
managers.
Moran will also soon be publishing
a book on international business
protocol.
Shoshana Tancer, Ph.D., was the Ari­zona
coordinator for American Energy
Week during March. She will be speak­ing
this summer on immigration to
a women's group, Charter. She also
continues to practice law part-time.
MODERN LANGUAGES DEPART­M[
NT: Chairman Robert M. Ramsey,
Ph.D., read a paper in Detroit at the
15th Annual International Conference
of Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages in March. The paper
was about "Teaching English as a
Third Language in Barcelona, Spain."
Also in March, Ramsey participated
in the Seminar on Intensive English
as a Second Language Programs at Ari­zona
State University. He published
an article in the March 1981 issue of
the TEL SOL QUARTERLY.
Jorge Valdivieso, Ph.D., has also
attended conferences and published
papers. In March he attended the South­western
Council of Latin American
Studies Conference and read his paper
entitled "Configuracion dantesca de
la novela Adan Buenosayres." His study
"La mujer iconica en el ensayo de
Octavio Paz" will be included as a chap­ter
in the book La Mujer en la Liter­atura
Hispanoamericana by a professor
from Arizona State University.
His paper "The epithet as a stylistic
micro-structure" will be read during
the International Congress of Latin
American Association of Linguistics
and Philology (ALFAL) this September
in Scottsdale. Valdivieso reports more
than 150 linguists and philologists
from Europe, North America and Latin
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America will participate.
Andrew C. Chang, M.A., discussed
the AGSIM approach to language teach­ing
at the Arizona Conference on
Japanese Linguistics at the University
of Arizona, Tucson, in January.
In August Mary Anne Critz, Ph.D.,
will attend the annual convention of
the American Association of Teachers
of Spanish and Portuguese in Seattle,
Wash. She will give a paper on the
Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector at
the "Luso-Brazilian Literature session."
Issa Peters, Ph.D., who was inter­viewed
recently by a local Phoenix
newspaper about the U.S. hostage crisis
in Iran, said he thinks the U.S. should
uphold the agreement to return Iran's
assets. "The United States should
honor the agreement. The agreement
was a commitment. Any superpower
ought to live up to its word. A small
country can get away with things like
that. It's like a child - you can forgive
a child for misbehaving, but an adult
must be wise.
"The hostage situation brought
disaster upon themselves (Iranians).
Emotionally, it may have given them
some satisfaction, but politically, it was
a total disaster," Peters was quoted as
saying. He also noted that "almost
immediately after the hostages were
released, Iran called on several U.S.
businesses to resume trade as normal.
Peters said Iran realizes it has to sepa­rate
business from emotions."
In addition to his radio, television
and newspaper interviews during the
Iran situation, Peters also delivered a
paper on "Fantasy as Disguised Social
Criticism in The Arabian Nights" at the
World Conference on the Fantastie in
Literature at Florida State University
during March. In April he presented
a paper on "Modern Egyptian Proverbs:
A Content Analysis" at the Western
Branch of the American Oriental
Society at Brigham Young University
in Utah. He explained that both papers
are culturally oriented.
WORLD BUSINESS DEPART­MENT:
Clifton B. Cox, Ph.D., who is
the vice chairman of the Greyhound
Corp. and member of the Greyhound
board of directors, is teaching WB340,
International Management, and
WB548, Policies, at AGSIM.
Cox, who received his Bachelor
and Master of Science degrees from
8
Auburn University and his Ph.D. degree
from Purdue University, was a pro­fessor
of agricultural economics at
Purdue for 10 years.
Cox joined Armour and Company in
1960 as director of economic research
and was elected a vice president in
1963. He was elected a director of
Armour in 1970 and later was ap­pointed
executive vice president. In
1971 he was elected a director of the
Greyhound Corp. and Greyhound
group vice president - Armour Food.
The same year he became president
and chief executive officer of Armour
Food Co., which is a separate operat­ing
division of Armour and Co. He was
chairman and chief executive officer of
Armour and Co. from '75 to 1980.
R. Duane Hall, who resigns his posi­tion
as director of INTERCOM this
summer, will be teaching full time in
the world business department.
Taeho Kim, Ph.D., who received a
faculty research grant for the 1980-81
academic year, attended the annual
meeting of the National Academy of
International Business in New Orleans,
La., where he read a paper about "Risk
Intermediation in International Bank­ing:
An Exposition." In July he will
present a paper entitled "The Bor­rower-
Lender Relationship in Interna­tional
Lending" to the Conference of
Western Economic Association in San
Francisco. He will be at the London
School of Economics in August to
discuss "The Role of International
Banks in the Optimal Allocation of
Risk Bearing."
James L. Mills, Ph.D., will be on a
leave of absence at McMaster Univer­sity
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
beginning this fall.
Professors Barbara L. and Wallace
Reed, traveled to the Beijing Institute
of Foreign Trade last December as part
of the AGSIM-BIFT exchange. Wallace
Reed also taught at the Institute for
International Studies and Training in
Japan this spring.
Wenlee Ting, Ph.D., attended the
same conference in January with Prof.
Kim. Ting discussed "Performance
Effects of Management Technology De­velopment
by Firms in Newly Industri­alizing
Countries." He also had an
article on Taiwanese multinationals
in the Oct. 17, 1980, issue of "Market­ing
News," and another article on
transfer of management technology in
the fall '80 issue of the "Columbia
Journal of World Business."
Prof. Paul M. Wilson is now teaching
accounting part-time at AGSIM.
lAKE CHAMPLAIN, Vt .... The
Thunderbird Club of New England received
an offer it couldn't pass up from Chris
Morrison, '73, general manager of the
Radisson-Burlington Hotel: A weekend
away from it all May 8, 9 and 10!
Stephen F. Hall, '69, was in charge of the
weekend which included a Friday wel­coming
cocktail party, a "Vermont-style"
breakfast followed by the T-Birds' annual
meeting, and a Sunday brunch. After the
Saturday meeting, some T-Birds took off
on Side-trips while a few others relaxed
the afternoon away at the indoor pool.
HOUSTON ... Four T-Birds were in
charge of planning "Mad, Merry May Day"
on May 1. It was a great time for the Texas
T-Bird alumni association of Houston to
get together, to swap tall T-Bird tales and
business cards (of course).
The four organizers were John Douglass,
'80, Ben Miedema, '77, Joe Ringer, '68,
and Steve Toms, '72.
PHOENIX ... President and Mrs. William
Voris hosted "la Fiesta de los Amigos y
los Alumni" at their home April 24. The
party, which was sponsored by the Friends
of Thunderbird, honored faculty emeriti
Etelvina Dietrich, Mrs. Arthur W. Good­earL
Daniel C. Kaufherr, Christian A.
larsen, Maria L. de Noronha, Francisco L.
Gaona, Frank R. JackIe, John S. Kelly,
Alvin M. Marks and Gerard R. Richter.
SOUTH FLORIDA ... lots of sunlovers
were out to talk not only about the space
launch but of the good times at AGSIM on
April 12 at Alice Wainright Park during
the alumni picnic.
Many alumni, their families and guests
turned out to munch on picnic-fare fried
chicken and talk about business, then and
now. Paul Simons, '70, who organized the
event, also reports, "We're enjoying a
broader attendance at the Tuesday evening
monthly gatherings at The Mutiny's Tree
Top lounge. Why not join us 7:30 p.m. to
9 :30 p.m. each first Tuesday? It is not
necessary to be a Mutiny member to attend;
just ask for the "T-Bird table!"
BOSTON, Mass .... Michael Harrington,
former congressman from Massachusetts
and a member of the Board of Directors of
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, spoke
to a group of more than a score of T-Birds
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on April 7 at The Winery at Lewis Wharf.
Harrington, chairman of the Massachu­setts
Foreign Business Council, talked
about "Foreign Investment In New
England," then answered questions after
his presentation.
The event was organized by Steve Hall,
'69.
HOUSTON ... Professor Karl Magyar,
who had been the featured luncheon speaker
for the second Annual conference of Inter­national
Trade and Finance on April 8
- was the featured speaker/guest the even­ing
before for a group of Thunderbirds.
Maygar, who had told organizer Ben
Miedema, '77, "the more the merrier for
dinner" was pleased with the turn-out and
the opportunity to talk about AGSIM.
SEATTLE, Wash .... Professor Duane
Hall, from the World Business Department,
was the featured guest March 30 at the
Seattle/Tacoma area T-Bird meeting at
Trader Vic's.
Jerry Peterbrook, '77, made arrangements
for the evening.
PHOENIX ... "Come spend the day!"
the invitation read-and they did!
Alumni from the Valley of the Sun, as
well as about 200 students and other
individuals, woke up early to be at AGSIM
for the Thunderbird Road Race which be­gan
at 6 :30 a.m.
After that everyone rested up until 2 p.m
when the alumni battled the students on
the baseball diamond. Guess who won?'
Ask alumni team organizers Ed Dombrow­ski,
'77, or Skeet Holland, '78 .
After the "big game" everyone trooped
over to the cafeteria for "Asia Night."
Following a delicious meal, the alumni and
students saw the Indian film "Two Sisters"
in the auditorium.
Ending the evening at 9 p.m. was the
colorful, musical and exciting Asia Show
on the quad, featuring a fashion show,
Philippine choral group and dance, martial
arts and karate exhibit, songs by Lucel
and songs by Ichi, Ben and Hitoshi.
Nine alLimni piLlS guests were able to attend
the T-Bird meeting in Ecuador at the hOllle of
Bob Cackett, '68.
THE THUNDERBIRD, SUMMER 1981
CHICAGO ... More than 100 T-Birds
and guests attended the Chicago area T-Bird
cocktail party March 25 at the Chicago
Association of Commerce and Industry,
which featured Charles Mannel, director of
AGSIM's Career Service Center.
The three alumni coordinating the event
were Bob English, '76, Mike Marut, '78,
and Jessie Wilson, '73.
Mannel also hosted the AGSIM booth
during the Chicago World Trade Conference
(March 23 to 27).
PHOENIX . . . "Attention T-Birds! We
want you!" read the invitation sent out by
Cynthia Cielle, '80, Clay Conrad, '80
and Lynne Larson, '80, who gave a "class
bash" for '79 and '80 T-Bird grads on
March 7 in Scottsdale. Everyone agreed
they· were glad they "survived" AGSIM to
become part of the Thunderbird mystique.
LIMA, Peru ... More than one year ago,
William H. Hill Jr., '71, began correspond­ing
with the Alumni Office, describing
the activities of the T-Bird group in that
Peruvian city.
Hill wrote very early this year of the
active alumni, numbering 17, and of their
meetings- both past, present and future.
One such meeting/cocktail party was
held in the conference salon of the new
Miraflores "El Pardo" Hotel, owned by the
family of David Bracale, '74 . Fred Leiser­ing,
'47, hosted another gathering, ac­cording
to Hill, at hi» lovely San Isidro
penthouse. Hill also opened his home to
T-Birds for yet another party of this active
group .
The Lima group is interested in learnlllg
about new prospective members and also
welcomes alumni traveling through the
area. Contact Bracale (716533) or Hill
(364154) for further information.
KOLN, W. Germany ... A group of
T-Birds and Finns had a combined Thanks­giving
- Finnish Independence Day
banquet last December, according to
Andrew Kreinik, '79 . Those attending in­cluded
Hans Jany, '75, Steve Dutton, '79,
John Tuttle, '79, Susan Serfontein, '70,
and Rick Gibson, '79.
ECUADOR ... After almost five years,
the Ecuadorian Thunderbirds had a cock­tail
party in November. Through personal
contacts and new